Voluntarily
causing hurt or
grievous hurt
to extort
property, or to
constrain to an
illegal act.
- (1) 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.
(2) Whoever voluntarily causes grievous hurt for any purpose referred to in
sub-section (1), shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or imprisonment of either
description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Read also Section 116 in THE BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023 – BNS