Penal Code, 1860–Sec. 390–When extortion is robbery ?–When the offence of extortion is being committed and the offender is in the presence of the person whom he is inducing with the fear and the offender commits extortion by way of putting the said person in fear of instant death, instant hurt or instant wrongful restraint of that person himself or any other person and inducs the said person to deliver the thing being extorted right at that moment, then the offender is said to have committed the offence of robbery borne out of extortion.
