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Penal Code, 1860 (Act No. XLV of 1860).
Voluntarily causing
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 policeofficer, tortures Z in order to induce Z to confess that he
committed a crime. A is guilty of an offence under this section.
(a) A, a policeofficer, tortures B to induce him to point out where certain stolen
property is deposited. A is guilty of an offence under this section.
(b) 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.
(c) A, a zamindar, tortures a raiyat in order to compel him to pay his rent. A is
guilty of an offence under this section.
331. Whoever voluntarily causes grievous 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 ten years, and
shall also be liable to fine.
hurt to extort
confession, or to
compel restoration of
property
Voluntarily causing
grievous hurt to
extort confession, or
to compel restoration
of property
Voluntarily causing
hurt to deter public
servant from his duty
332. Whoever voluntarily causes hurt to any person being a public servant in the
discharge of his duty as such public servant, or with intent to prevent or deter
that person or any other public servant from discharging his duty as such public
servant, or in consequence of anything done or attempted to be done by that
person in the lawful discharge of his duty as such public servant, shall be
punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to
three years, or with fine, or with both.
333. Whoever voluntarily causes grievous hurt to any person being a public
servant in the discharge of his duty as such public servant, or with intent to
prevent or deter that person or any other public servant from discharging his
duty as such public servant, or in consequence of anything done or attempted to
be done by that person in the lawful discharge of his duty as such public servant,
shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may
extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
334. Whoever voluntarily causes hurt on grave and sudden provocation, if he
neither intends nor knows himself to be likely to cause hurt to any person other
than the person who gave the provocation shall be punished with imprisonment of
either description for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which
may extend to five hundred taka, or with both.
Voluntarily causing
grievous hurt to deter
public servant from
his duty
Voluntarily causing
hurt on provocation
Voluntarily causing
grievous hurt on
335. Whoever voluntarily causes grievous hurt on grave and sudden provocation,
if he neither intends nor knows himself to be likely to cause grievous hurt to any
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