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A, a revenue officer, tortures Z to compel him to pay arrears of revenue due from Z. Under which…

Section 120(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 330 IPC) punishes voluntarily causing hurt to extort a confession or to compel the restoration of…

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A, a revenue officer, tortures Z to compel him to pay arrears of revenue due from Z. Under which section of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 is A guilty of an offence?
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Section 120(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 330 IPC) punishes voluntarily causing hurt to extort a confession or to compel the restoration of property or the satisfaction of a claim, and its illustration (c) describes a revenue officer torturing a person to compel payment of arrears of revenue. The answer is therefore "120(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023". Section 308(1) defines extortion, section 309(4) punishes robbery, and section 123 concerns causing hurt by poison or a stupefying drug with intent to commit an offence.

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