IPC 347 — Wrongful confinement to extort property, or constrain to illegal act

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Statutory text

Whoever  wrongfully confines  any person for the purpose of extorting  from the  person confined, or from any person interested in the  person confined,  any property  or  valuable  security  or  of constraining the  person confined  or any  person interested  in  such person to  do anything  illegal or  to give  any information which may facilitate the commission of an offence, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine.

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