# Judgments construing Section 347 of The Indian Penal Code, 1860

8 judgments in this corpus construe Section 347 of The Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Wrongful confinement to extort property, or constrain to illegal act, the ones the courts themselves rely on most listed first.

Canonical: https://unisonlegal.in/browse/acts/ipc/347

Showing 1–8 of 8, ordered by how often this corpus itself cites each judgment.

## The section itself

- [Section 347 of The Indian Penal Code, 1860](https://unisonlegal.in/statutes/ipc/347) — Wrongful confinement to extort property, or constrain to illegal act

## The judgments

- [[2020] 10 S.C.R. 27](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/somasundaram-somu-v-the-state-rep-by-the-deputy-commissioner-of-police-34201) — cited by 14 · names the section 28 times, first at printed page 12
- [ASHOKHURRA v. RUPA BIPIN ZAVERi MARCH 10, 1997](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/ashokhurra-v-rupa-bipin-zaveri-march-10-1997-15418) — [1997] 2 S.C.R. 875 · cited by 4 · names the section once, first at printed page 9
- [BHAGAT RAM v. STATE OF RAJASIBAN](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/bhagat-ram-v-state-of-rajasiban-5536) — [1972] 3 S.C.R. 303 · cited by 3 · names the section 2 times, first at printed page 3
- [DEEP CHAND v. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/deep-chand-v-the-state-of-rajasthan-2158) — [1962] 1 S.C.R. 662 · cited by 3 · names the section 2 times, first at printed page 2
- [Parvez Parwaz & Anr v. State of U.P. & Anr](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/allahabad-high-court/parvez-parwaz-anr-v-state-of-u-p-anr-49859) — (2023) 3 ILRA 471 · cited by 1 · names the section once, first at printed page 9
- [[2016] 7 S.C.R. 263](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/somasundaram-somu-v-state-rep-by-dy-comm-of-police-31607) — cited by 1 · names the section 16 times, first at printed page 12
- [Central Bureau of Investigation v. Baljeet Singh](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/central-bureau-of-investigation-v-baljeet-singh-39055) — 2026 INSC 221 · names the section once, first at printed page 8
- [BAIJNATH JHA v. SITA RAM AND ANR](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/baijnath-jha-v-sita-ram-and-anr-24821) — [2008] 9 S.C.R. 1134 · names the section once, first at printed page 8

## Elsewhere

- [Every section of The Indian Penal Code, 1860](https://unisonlegal.in/browse/acts/ipc)