Section 261 - Wrongful confinement to extort confession or compel restoration of property.

Whoever wrongfully confines a person for the purpose of extorting from the person confined or a person interested in the person confined a confession or any information which may lead to the detection of an offence or misconduct or for the purpose of constraining the person confined or a person interested in the person confined to restore or to cause the restoration of any property or document of title or to satisfy a claim or demand or to give information which may lead to the restoration of any property or document of title, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and shall also be liable to fine.