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Indian Penal Code, 1860

IPC Section 327 in BNS

§ 327 IPC§ 119(1) BNS

Voluntarily causing hurt to extort property or to constrain to an illegal act. Section 327 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Voluntarily causing hurt to extort property or to constrain to an illegal act) corresponds to Section 119(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

Verify before you rely on this. Renumbering under the 2023 codes is not a clean one-to-one exercise — provisions were merged, split and reworded. Always check the printed bare act.

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Section 45 has AIBE 22 questions on this area, each cited to both codes with a line telling you where to find it in the bare act. Ten questions per subject are free.

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