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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

The Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 383

EXTORTION Whoever intentionally puts any person in fear of any injury to that person, or to any other, and thereby

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The Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 383 is part of The Indian Penal Code 1860 - EXTORTION Whoever intentionally puts any person in fear of any injury to that person, or to any other, and thereby. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

a) A threatens to publish a defamatory libel concerning Z unless Z gives him money. A has committed extortion.

(b) A threatens Z that he will keep Z's child in wrongful confinement, unless Z will sign and deliver to A a promissory note binding Z to pay certain monies to A. Z signs and delivers the note.A has committed extortion.

(c) A threatens to send club-men to plough up Z's field unless Z will sign and deliver to B a bond binding Z under a penalty to deliver certain produce to B, and thereby induces Z to sign and deliver the bond.A has committed extortion.

(d) A, by putting Z in fear of grievous hurt, dishonestly induces Z to sign or affix his seal to a blank paper and deliver it to A. Z signs and delivers the paper to A.Here, as the paper so signed may be converted into a valuable security.A has committed extortion.

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What does The Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 383 provide?

Section Section 383 of the The Indian Penal Code 1860 (EXTORTION Whoever intentionally puts any person in fear of any injury to that person, or to any other, and thereby) is reproduced on this page as part of the The Indian Penal Code 1860. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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