IPC Section 327 — Voluntarily causing hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal to an act

Summary

If a person intentionally causes physical injury to someone in order to force that person, or someone connected to them, to give up property or a valuable document, or to force them to do something illegal or that helps commit a crime, that person can be imprisoned for up to ten years and also fined.

Official Text

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.

Related Judgments

• ... Appellant vs The State of Tamil Nadu, — Madras High Court (2004)
• .. Petitioner/Appellant/Accused vs State rep. by — Madras High Court ()
• VOL. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH v. N. VENUGOPAL AND OTHERS — Supreme Court of India (1964)
• STATE OF PUNJAB AND K.IRP A SHANKAR RAJ v. STATE OF U.P. MARCH 11, 1994 — Supreme Court of India (1994)
• ... Appellant / A2 vs State — Madras High Court (2012)
• CASE DETAILS MOHAMMAD WAJID AND ANR v. STATE OF U.P. AND ORS — Supreme Court of India (2023)
• KAMIL v. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH — Supreme Court of India (2018)
• CRL A/735/2004 — Madras High Court (2004)

Old <-> New Code Mapping

• BNS §119 — Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal act