IPC Section 330 - Voluntarily causing hurt to extort confession , or to compel restoration of property

330. Voluntarily causing hurt to extort confession , or to compel restoration of property

Whoever voluntarily causes hurt, for the purpose of extorting from the sufferer or from any person

interested in the sufferer, any confession or any information which may lead to the detection of an offence

or misconduct, or for the purpose of constraining the sufferer or any person interested in the sufferer to

restore or to cause the restoration of any property or valuable security or to satisfy any claim or demand,

or to give information which may lead to the restoration of any property or valuable security, shall be

punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, an d shall

also be liable to fine.

Illustration s

(a) A, a police-officer, tortures Z in order to induce Z to confess that he committed a crime. A is guil ty 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.

(d) A, a zamindar, tortures a raiyat in order to compel him to pay his rent. A is guilty of an offence under this section.