IPC Section 331 — Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to extort confession, or to compel restoration of property

Summary

If a person causes serious physical injury to someone in order to force that person, or someone connected to them, to confess to a crime or give information that could help detect an offense or wrongdoing, that is a crime. It is also a crime if the injury is caused to force the victim or a connected person to return property or valuable security, to meet a demand or claim, or to provide information that could lead to the return of property or valuable security. The punishment for this offense can be imprisonment for up to ten years, along with a fine.

Official Text

Whoever voluntarily causes grievous hurt for the purpose of extorting from the sufferer or from any person interested in the sufferer any confession or any information which may lead to the detection of an offence or misconduct, or for the purpose of constraining the sufferer or any person interested in the sufferer to restore or to cause the restoration of any property or valuable security, or to satisfy any claim or demand or to give information which may lead to the restoration of any property or valuable security shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.

Old <-> New Code Mapping

• BNS §120 — Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to extort confession, or to compel restoration of property