BNS Section 119: (1) Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal act
Equivalent Legacy Law: IPC Section 327
Procedural Classification Summary
Voluntarily causing hurt to
Bailable: Non-bailable (Bail can only be granted by the Judiciary)
Cognizable: Cognizable (Police can arrest without warrant)
Triable by: Magistrate of the first class
Punishment: Imprisonment for 10 yearsextort property, or toand fine.class. constrain to an illegal act
Voluntarily causing grievous
Bailable: Non-bailable (Bail can only be granted by the Judiciary)
Cognizable: Cognizable (Police can arrest without warrant)
Triable by: Court of Session
Punishment: Imprisonment for life, orhurt for any purposeimprisonment for 10 years referred to in sub-section (1). and fine
Official Legal Provision / Summary
No change except that the IPC section is included as a sub-section in BNS. 119 (2) Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal act. 329 IPC section is included as a sub-section in BNS sans heading. The words “any purpose referred to in sub-section (1)” is added.