Voluntarily causing hurt to extort confession is an offence
Voluntarily causing hurt to extort confession is an offence
Relevant Law:-
The Penal Code, 1860, Section- 330
Voluntarily causing hurt
to extort confession, or to compel restoration of property
330. Whoever voluntarily
causes hurt, for the purpose of extorting from the sufferer or 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, and shall also be liable to fine.
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.
(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.
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