Section 282 - “Voluntarily causing hurt to Extort Confession or to Compel
Restoration of Property”: (1) Whoever voluntarily causes hurt for the
purpose of extorting from the sufferer or any person interested in the
sufferer any confession or any information which may lead to the
detection of an offence or misconduct or for the purpose of constraining
the sufferer or any person interested in the sufferer to restore or to cause
the restoration of any property or document of title or to satisfy any claim
or demand or to give information which may lead to the restoration of any
property or document of title, commits an offence and shall on conviction,
be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years and
may also be liable to fine.
(2) Whoever for the like purpose voluntarily causes grievous hurt, shall be
punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years and
may also be liable to fine.
Section 283 - “Voluntarily causing hurt to deter Public Servant from his Duty”:
(1) Whoever voluntarily causes hurt to any person being a public servant
in the discharge of his duty as such public servant or with intent to prevent
or deter that person or any other public servant from discharging his duty
as such public servant or in consequence of anything done or attempted to
be done by that person in the lawful discharge of his duty as such public
servant, commits an offence and shall on conviction, be punished with
imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or with fine or with
both.
(2) Whoever in the like circumstances with the intent or for like reason
voluntarily causes grievous hurt to any person being a public servant, shall
be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding teen years and
may also be liable to fine.
Section 284- “Causing hurt by act Endangering life or Personal Safety of others”:
(1) Whoever causes hurt to any person by doing any act so rashly or
negligently as to endanger human life or the personal safety of others,
save as hereinafter expected, commits an offence and shall on conviction,
be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or
with fine or with both.
Section 284(A) “Female Circumcision”: Whoever makes or causes female circumcision
to be done commits an offence and shall on conviction, be punished with
imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years or with fine, or with both.
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