Section 385Putting person in fear of injury in order to commit extortion

s. 385

385. Putting person in fear of injury in order to commit extortion Whoever, in order to the committing of extortion, puts any person in fear, or attempts to put any person in fear, of any injury, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to [fourteen years and shall not be less than five years], or with fine, or with both.

1. 125. The words “fourteen years and shall not be less than five years” were substituted, for the words “two years” by section 3 of the Penal Code (Amendment) Act, 1991 (Act No. XV of 1991)