Sentencing Guide

BNS Section 119 Punishment Jail Term, Fines & Sentencing Guidelines

BNS Section 119: (1) Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal act (Legacy IPC Section 327)

Statutory Classification Details

Voluntarily causing hurt to

  • Bailable Status: Non-bailable (Bail can only be granted by the Judiciary)
  • Cognizable Status: Cognizable (Police can arrest without warrant)
  • Triable Court: Magistrate of the first class
  • Official Punishment: Imprisonment for 10 yearsextort property, or toand fine.class. constrain to an illegal act

Voluntarily causing grievous

  • Bailable Status: Non-bailable (Bail can only be granted by the Judiciary)
  • Cognizable Status: Cognizable (Police can arrest without warrant)
  • Triable Court: Court of Session
  • Official Punishment: Imprisonment for life, orhurt for any purposeimprisonment for 10 years referred to in sub-section (1). and fine