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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 338: Causing grievous hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others
- Section 228A: Disclosure of identity of the victim of certain offences etc
- Section 6: Definitions in the Code to be understood subject to exceptions
- Section 377: Unnatural offences
- Section 187: Omission to assist public servant when bound by law to give assistance
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