Indian Penal Code, 1860
347. Wrongful confinement to extort property, or constrain
to illegal act
Whoever wrongfully confines any person for the purpose of
extorting from the person confined, or from any person interested in the person
confined, any property or valuable security or of constraining the person
confined or any person interested in such person to do anything. illegal or to
give any information which may facilitate the commission of an offence, shall
be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend
to three years, and shall also be liable to fine.