Extortion Case

Extortion under the Indian Penal Code is defined under a wide range of sections. It has been defined from Sections 383-389in the IPC. The definition of Extortion is penned down in Section 383, which says that if a person intentionally puts another person in a position of fear or of any threat to cause him injury or deceitfully persuade so that he may deliver the property or the other valuable goods to a different person or any document which has been signed and may be turned during a valuable security.

The definition of Extortion can further be explained with the help of the following illustrations:-

1. M threatens to publish a defamatory libel concerning X unless X gives him money. He thus induces X to give him money. M  has committed extortion

The main essence for the applicability of Section-383 i.e. Extortion, is obtaining the delivery of property or any item of value in consequence of dishonest inducement. Therefore,  an intention to cause wrongful loss to one and wrongful gain to another is the essential ingredient of extortion.