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Section 347 - Indian Penal Code, 1860
Indian Penal Code, 1860
347. Wrongful confinement to extort property, or constrain to illegal act
Whoever wrongfully confines any person for the purpose of extorting from the person confined, or from any person interested in the person confined, any property or valuable security or of constraining the person confined or any person interested in such person to do anything. illegal or to give any information which may facilitate the commission of an offence, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Related Sections
- Section 496: Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage
- Section 362: Abduction
- Section 398: Attempt to commit robbery or dacoity when armed with deadly weapon
- Section 225: Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension of another person
- Section 156: Liability of agent of owner or occupier for whose benefit riot is committed
Related Acts
- National Nursing and Midwifery Commission Act, 2023
- Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2017
- Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts (Amendment) Act, 2018
- Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, 2018
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Merger of Union Territories) Act, 2019
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