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Section 327 - Indian Penal Code, 1860
Indian Penal Code, 1860
327. Voluntarily causing hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal act
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 Sections
- Section 53A: Construction of reference to transportation
- Section 485: Making or possession of any instrument for counterfeiting a property mark
- Section 338: Causing grievous hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others
- Section 76: Act done by a person bound, or by mistake of fact believing himself bound, by law
- Section 121A: Conspiracy to commit offences punishable by section 121
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