288. Corporal punishment. Without prejudice to anything contained in any written law, any person who is sentenced to a term of imprisonment under section 286 or 287 shall, in addition, be sentenced to corporal punishment. 289. Assault with intent to steal. Any person who assaults any person with intent to steal anything commits a felony and is liable to imprisonment for five years. 290. Demanding property by written threats. Any person who, with intent to extort or gain anything from any person, and knowing the contents of the writing, causes any person to receive any writing demanding anything from any person without reasonable or probable cause, and containing threats of any injury or detriment of any kind to be caused to any person, either by the offender or any other person, if the demand is not complied with, commits a felony and is liable to imprisonment for fourteen years. 291. Attempts at extortion by threats. (1) Any person who, with intent to extort or gain anything from any person— (a) accuses or threatens to accuse any person of committing any felony or misdemeanour, or of offering or making any solicitation or threat to any person as an inducement to commit or permit the commission of a felony or misdemeanour; (b) threatens that any person shall be accused by any other person of any felony or misdemeanour, or of any such act; or (c) knowing the contents of the writing, causes any person to receive any writing containing any such accusation or threat as aforesaid, commits a felony, and if the accusation or threat of accusation is of— (d) an offence for which the punishment of death or imprisonment for life may be inflicted; (e) any of the offences defined in Chapter XIV of this Code, or an attempt to commit any of such offences; (f) an assault with intent to have carnal knowledge of any person against the order of nature, or an unlawful and indecent assault upon a male person; or