Section 119 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023:Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal act.
Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal act.Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023
(1) 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.
(2) Whoever voluntarily causes grievous hurt for any purpose referred to in sub-section (1), shall be
punished with imprisonment for life, or imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend
to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.