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A telephones B from another city and threatens to kill B the following week unless B transfers ₹10,000.…

Section 308(1) covers intentional fear of injury used to induce dishonest delivery of property. Robbery by extortion under section 309(3) additionally requires presence,…

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A telephones B from another city and threatens to kill B the following week unless B transfers ₹10,000. B transfers the money because of the threat. Which offence does this conduct establish under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023?

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Section 308(1) covers intentional fear of injury used to induce dishonest delivery of property. Robbery by extortion under section 309(3) additionally requires presence, fear of instant harm of a specified kind, and delivery then and there. A’s telephone threat concerns future harm and is made from another city.

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Option A

The facts show inducement through a threat. They provide no deception of B as required by section 318.

Option B

Section 309(3) requires the offender’s presence, fear of instant death, hurt or wrongful restraint, and delivery then and there. The remote threat of future harm lacks those conditions.

Option C

Section 324 requires destruction of property or an injurious change to it or its situation. The facts show delivery induced by fear.

Option D

A intentionally creates fear of injury and thereby dishonestly induces B to deliver money. Section 308(1) covers that conduct.

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