Whoever voluntarily causes hurt, for the purpose of extorting from the sufferer, or from any person interested in the sufferer, any property or valuable security, or of constraining the sufferer or any person interested in such sufferer to do anything which is illegal or which may facilitate the commission of an offence, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
CHAPTER XVI OF OFFENCES AFFECTING THE HUMAN BODY · Of Hurt
Section 327: Voluntarily causing hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal to an act
The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (repealed)
Repealed by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.
Now in the BNS
As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table
| 327. Voluntarily causing hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal to an act. | BNS 119(1) |
Questions on this section
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1. A beats Z, an accountant employed by a private company, causing him simple hurt, in order to compel Z to make false entries in the company's books of account. Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 specifically covers A's act, and what is the maximum imprisonment?