What are the effects of Coercion? "Whether threat to commit suicide is coercion"? Elaborate with reference to provisions of the Indian Contract Act,…

Effects of coercion under section 19 of the Indian Contract Act,1872 (i) Contract induced by coercion is voidable at the option of the party whose consent was so obtained. (ii) A person to whom money has been paid or anything delivered under coercion must repay or return it. Threat to commit suicide – Whether it is coercion? Suicide though forbidden by Indian Penal Code is not punishable, as a dead man cannot be punished. But Section 15 declares that committing or threatening to commit any act forbidden by Indian Penal Code is coercion. Hence, a threat to commit suicide will be regarded as coercion.