If a person gives consent to a contract under coercion then he has all the right to avoid the contract and he will not be subjected to consequences of breach of contract. Onus of proving prevail­ing coercive measure lies on the person alleging so.

S.15″ Coercion is the committing or threatening to commit, any act forbidden by the Indian Penal Code or the unlawful detaining, or threatening to detain, any property to the prejudice of any person whatever, with the intention of causing any person to enter into an agreement.”