BNS Section 120: (1) Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to extort confession or to compel restoration of property
Equivalent Legacy Law: IPC Section 330
Procedural Classification Summary
Voluntarily causing hurt to
Bailable: Bailable (Bail is a legal right — granted at police station)
Cognizable: Cognizable (Police can arrest without warrant)
Triable by: Magistrate of the first class
Punishment: Imprisonment for 7 yearsextort confession orand fine.class. information, or to compel restoration of property, etc
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 10 yearshurt to extort confession or and fine. information, or to compel restoration of property, etc
Official Legal Provision / Summary
IPC section is included as a sub-section in BNS. 120 (2) Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to extort confession, or to compel restoration of property. 331 IPC section is included as a sub-section in BNS sans heading. Words “any purpose referred to in sub-section (1)” are added.