Threat of injury to public servant
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Summary
Threatening to injure a public servant, or someone believed to be connected to them, to make the servant do, delay, or refrain from any act in the exercise of their official functions is an offence. The offender may be punished with imprisonment up to two years, or with a fine, or with both.
Example
Priya threatens a traffic constable that she will harm him unless he drops her challan, trying to induce him to refrain from issuing the ticket. Because the threat targets the officer to influence his official duty, Priya can face up to two years imprisonment, or a fine, or both.
Bare Act
Enacted textWhoever holds out any threat of injury to any public servant, or to any person in whom he believes that public servant to be interested, for the purpose of inducing that public servant to do any act, or to forbear or delay to do any act, connected with the exercise of the public functions of such public servant, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
BNSS Classification
- Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.
- Non-cognizable
- Bailable
- Triable by Any Magistrate.
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