Section 119 in THE BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023 – BNS

Voluntarily
causing hurt or
grievous hurt
to extort
property, or to
constrain to an
illegal act.

119. (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.

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