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IPC Section 388 - Extortion by threat of accusation of an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for
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IPC Section 388 deals with extortion by threat of accusation of an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for.
Full official legal text
388. Extortion by threat of accusation of an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for
life, etc.--Whoever commits extortion by putting any person in fear of an accusation against that person
or any other, of having committed or attempted to commit any offence p unishable with death, or with
1[imprisonment for life], or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, or of having
attempted to induce any other perso n to commit such offence, shall be punished with imprisonment of
either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine; and, if the
offence be one punishable under section 377 of this Code, may be punished with 1[imprisonment for life].
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