{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-206","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 206","heading":"","body":"Every person who, with the intent to cause cruel or extreme pain and suffering for the purpose of revenge, extortion, persuasion, or for any sadistic purpose, inflicts great bodily injury as defined in Section 12022.7 upon the person of another, is guilty of torture.\nThe crime of torture does not require any proof that the victim suffered pain.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25. - 680.4.]","TITLE 8. OF CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON [187. - 248.]","CHAPTER 2. Mayhem [203. - 206.1.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"e35810bfa6452c1feec3703582669217b3476c92a7cc7f27aef791ddb7d81aea","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-205","next":"us-ca/pen-206.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}