Voluntarily causing hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal to an act
Section 327 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 deals with 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 com The Act came into force on 01 Jan 1862. Repealed by section 358 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024, but conduct before that date is still charged, tried and appealed under it.
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.
Section 327, The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Act 45 of 1860).
Now in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
BNS 119 Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal act Text carried over almost unchanged 93%
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Related judgements & precedents
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Bhagwan Sahai vs State of Rajasthan
Court's Decision & Legal Precedent
When the prosecution suppresses the genesis and origin of a criminal occurrence and fails to explain serious injuries sustained by the accused side including the death of the accused's family member, the court must draw an adverse inference against the prosecution and grant benefit of doubt to the accused. The doctrine of free fight cannot be mechanically applied to deny acquittal when the prosecution has withheld crucial facts forming the foundation of the case. An accused has the legitimate right to use force in defence of person when defending parents being assaulted, and such defence cannot be negated merely by characterizing the incident as a free fight between both parties.
On this section: Causing hurt by means of poison, etc. - mentioned in prosecution charges but not separately discussed in judgment
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Judgments citing this section
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… There are also allegations against him of having granted bail for illegal gratification and substance has been found in this allegation in the report of the Judicial Commissioner, Ranchi (who is equivalent to the Principal District Judge). The officer had granted bail by noting in the order that Section 327 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 was bailable whereas the offence is nonbailable and an unrecorded warning regarding the integrity of the judicial officer was issued to him in 2012. Conclusion 22. As is obvious from the law quoted above, adverse entries with regard to integrity do not lose their sting …
Questions about Section 327
What have the courts held on Section 327 of the Indian Penal Code?
Bhagwan Sahai vs State of Rajasthan (03 Jun 2016) is the leading judgment on this section among those set out below: Causing hurt by means of poison, etc. - mentioned in prosecution charges but not separately discussed in judgment.
How do I find court cases under Section 327 of the Indian Penal Code?
In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: IPC 327, section 327 IPC, section 327 of the Indian Penal Code. People searching for it also type ipc 327 in bns and ipc 327 punishment. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome. 1 reported judgment on this section is set out on this page, beginning with Bhagwan Sahai vs State of Rajasthan (03 Jun 2016).
What should I read with Section 327 of the Indian Penal Code, and has it changed?
1 other provision in this corpus refers back to it. For anything done on or after 1 July 2024 the provision to read is BNS 119 (Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal act), which replaced it; conduct before that date is still charged, tried and appealed under this section.
When did Section 327 of the Indian Penal Code come into force?
Section 327 of the Indian Penal Code, cited as IPC 327, came into force on 01 Jan 1862, having been enacted on 06 Oct 1860. It is no longer in force.
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