Section 347
Wrongful confinement to extort property, or constrain to illegal act.
About this Act
It is expedient to provide a general Penal Code forindia;
Whoever wrongfully
confines any person for the purpose of extorting from the person confined, or from any person interested
in the person confined, any property or valuable security or of constraining the person confined or any
person interested in such person to do anything illegal or to give any information which may facilitate the
commission of an offence, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which
may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine.