However, ordinarily, the warrant is required to be issued in the first instance. Section 384 is a cognizable offence wherein police may arrest without warrant and the same is triable by any Magistrate. Section 384 contains the punishment for extortion. To deliver property or valuable security: The actual transaction must have happened to have the section come into play in its entirety. The purpose of which is to dishonestly induce the person put in fear: The objective of the 0ffence should have been towards the furtherance of the crime of Extortion.ģ. The actual delivery of the property is essential to constitute extortion.Ģ.

Intentionally putting a person in fear of injury: It is a must that the person must have an intention to cause a wrongful gain to one and wrongful loss to another in a manner where another person is put under threat. To be more precise, an intention to cause wrongful loss to one and wrongful gain to other is an essential ingredient of extortion. The main essence of Section 383 is obtaining the delivery of property or any item of value in consequence of dishonest inducement. This is a clear-cut case of extortion against A. The definition of extortion can be understood with the help of the following illustration:Ī threatens B that he will kill his wife if B will be failed to pay Rs.1 Crore on his birthday. “Whoever intentionally puts any person in fear of any injury to that person, or to any other, and thereby dishonestly induces the person so put in fear to deliver to any person any property or valuable security, or anything signed or sealed which may be converted into a valuable security, commits “extortion”.” DefinitionĪs per Section 383 IPC, extortion is an act to put someone in fear of injury or any other harm to obtain his property or any other valuable item. It must be noted that Section 386 to 389 go on to the extent of discussing much harsher punishments for much-aggravated forms of extortion. Section 384 IPC contains the penalty for extortion whereas Section 385 of IPC entails the punishment for an attempt to commit extortion.

The definition of ‘Extortion’ is given under Section 383 of IPC. The laws related to Extortion have been entailed in Section 383- 389 of IPC.

Legal definition of extortion