Multiple choice

A person to whom money has been paid or anything delivered under coercion,

  1. becomes the owner of such money or those goods

  2. is allowed to sell the goods and retain the money realized from such sale

  3. has no obligation to return the money, he may do so only as a good gesture

  4. must repay the money or return those goods
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Under Section 72 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872, payments or deliveries made under coercion must be returned. Coercion vitiates consent, and the law requires restitution - the person must repay the money or return the goods. They do not gain ownership and cannot profit from the coerced transaction.

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