Indian Penal Code
IPC 388 is now BNS 308(7).
Extortion by threat of accusation of an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life, etc · BNS 308 brings it together with IPC 383, 384, 385, 386, 387 and 389.
Merged
81% of the old wording kept
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. XVII
s. 388
Extortion by threat of accusation of an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life, etc
Whoever commits extortion by putting any person in fear of an accusation against that person or any other, of having committed or attempted to commit any offence punishable with death, or with 1[imprisonment for life], or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, or of having attempted to induce any other person to commit such 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; and, if the offence be one punishable under section 377 of this Code, may be punished with 1[imprisonment for life].
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNS 2023 · Ch. XVII
s. 308(7)of section 308
Extortion.
(7) Whoever commits extortion by putting any person in fear of an accusation against that person or any other, of having committed or attempted to commit any offence punishable with death, or with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, or of having attempted to induce any other person to commit such 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