Legal Provisions of Section 329 of Indian Penal Code, 1860.
Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal act:
Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal act has been made a punishable offence under this section. It says that whoever voluntarily causes grievous hurt for the purpose of extorting any property or valuable security either from the sufferer or from any person interested in the sufferer, or of constraining the sufferer or any person interested in such sufferer to do anything that is illegal or which may facilitate the commission of an offence, shall be punished with imprisonment for life or simple or rigorous imprisonment for a term extending up to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
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ADVERTISEMENTS:
The provision is similar to, but more serious than, section 327 of the Code. The section requires voluntarily causing grievous hurt. The purpose of the same must be to extort money or valuable security from the sufferer or anyone interested in him, or to constrain the sufferer or anyone interested in him to do anything that is illegal or which may facilitate the commission of an offence.
The offence under this section is cognizable, non-bailable and non-compoundable, and is triable by court of session.