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IPC Section 389 - Putting person in fear or accusation of offence, in order to commit extortion
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Simple language explanation
IPC Section 389 deals with putting person in fear or accusation of offence, in order to commit extortion.
Full official legal text
389. Putting person in fear or accusation of offence, in order to commit extortion. Whoever, in
order to the committing of extortion, puts or at tempts to put any person in fear of an accusation, against
that person or any other, of having committed, or attempted to commit, an offence punishable with death
or with 1[imprisonment for life], or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten yea rs, 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 punishable under section 377 of this Code, may be punished with
1[imprisonment for life].
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