Section 120: (1) Whoever voluntarily causes hurt for the purpose of extorting from the sufferer Voluntarily

or from any person interested in the sufferer, any confession or any information which may causing hurt or
grievous hurt
lead to the detection of an offence or misconduct, or for the purpose of constraining the
to extort
sufferer or any person interested in the sufferer to restore or to cause the restoration of any confession, or
property or valuable security or to satisfy any claim or demand, or to give information which to compel
may lead to the restoration of any property or valuable security, shall be punished with restoration of
property.
imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also
be liable to fine.

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Illustrations.
(a) A, a police officer, tortures Z in order to induce Z to confess that he committed a
crime. A is guilty of an offence under this section.
(b) A, a police officer, tortures B to induce him to point out where certain stolen
property is deposited. A is guilty of an offence under this section.
(c) A, a revenue officer, tortures Z in order to compel him to pay certain arrears of
revenue due from Z. A is guilty of an offence under this section.
(2) Whoever voluntarily causes grievous hurt for any purpose referred to in
sub-section (1), shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which
may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.