Section 327 · Voluntarily causing hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal act
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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.
The offence at a glance
- Punishment
- up to 10 years, fine (no stated ceiling)
- Cognizable
- Cognizable
- Bailable
- Non-bailable
- Compoundable
- Not compoundable
- Triable by
- Magistrate of the first class
- Cognizable — Police may arrest without a warrant
- Non-bailable — Bail is at the court's discretion
From the First Schedule to the BNSS (the CrPC's, for IPC offences)
In the new law
IPC 327BNS 119(1)
119(1)
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