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Section 120 - The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
120. Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to extort confession, or to compel restoration of property.
(1) Whoever voluntarily causes 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 seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
(a) A, a police officer, tortures Z in order to induce Z to confess that he committed a crime. A is guilty of an offence under this section.
(b) A, a police officer, tortures B to induce him to point out where certain stolen property is deposited. A is guilty of an offence under this section.
(c) A, a revenue officer, tortures Z in order to compel him to pay certain arrears of revenue due from Z. A is guilty of an offence under this section.
(2) Whoever voluntarily causes grievous hurt for any purpose referred to in sub-section (1), 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 Sections
- Section 146: Unlawful compulsory labour
- Section 320: Dishonest or Fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent distribution among creditors
- Section 256: Public servant framing incorrect record or writing with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture
- Section 207: Preventing service of summons or other proceeding, or preventing publication thereof
- Section 210: Omission to Produce document or electronic record to public servant by person legally bound to produce it
Related Acts
- The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013
- Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2017
- Bilateral Netting of Qualified Financial Contracts Act, 2020
- Union Territory Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Act, 2018
- Central Goods and Services Tax (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act, 2017