Whoever voluntarily causes grievous 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 for a term which may extend to 10 years, and shall also be liable to fine or to caning.
Section history
Section 331 — Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to extort confession or to compel restoration of property
As in force on 1 January 2013.
Timeline 3 versions
- 30 March 1987 Enacted
- 30 November 2008 Revised edition
- 1 January 2013 You are here
- 17 August 2026 Latest
[Indian PC 1860, s. 331]