Multiple choice

Principle: Coercion is the committing or threatening to commit any act forbidden by the Indian Penal Code. It also includes the unlawful detaining or threatening to detain any property, to the prejudice of any person, whatsoever. The intention of the aforesaid acts is to force the other party to enter into an agreement.

Which of the statements given below does not exemplify coercion?

  1. A asks the keys of the bank’s safety vault by pointing a pistol at the manager.

  2. A asks B to hand over all his belongings else he might be shot.

  3. A, a creditor, threatens his debtor B that he would go to court in case the former does not make the payment due to him.

  4. A’s wife threatens to commit suicide unless A makes a will of all his property in her name.

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Explanation

Option 1: A clear case of unlawful threat; hence it is a coercion.

Option 2: A clear case of unlawful threat; hence, it is a coercion.

Option 3: A clear case of lawful threat; hence, it is not a coercion.

Option 4: A clear case of unlawful threat; hence, it is a coercion.  

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