Indian Penal Code
IPC 327 is now BNS 119(1).
Voluntarily causing hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal to an act · BNS 119 brings it together with IPC 329.
Merged
Old wording kept in full
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. XVI
s. 327
Voluntarily causing hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal to an 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.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNS 2023 · Ch. VI
s. 119(1)of section 119
Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal act.
(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.
Text from India Code