Threat of injury to induce person to refrain from applying for protection to public servant
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Summary
Threatening someone to stop them from applying for protection for a public servant is an offence. It applies when a person intimidates another into refraining from making a legal application for protection for a public servant. Punishment is imprisonment for up to one year, or fine, or both.
Example
Ravi threatens Meera that he will harm her if she goes to the police to ask for protection for a police officer who is being threatened. Under this provision Ravi can be punished with up to one year imprisonment, or a fine, or both.
Bare Act
Enacted textWhoever holds out any threat of injury to any person for the purpose of inducing that person to refrain or desist from making a legal application for protection against any injury to any public servant legally empowered as such to give such protection, or to cause such protection to be given, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.
BNSS Classification
- Imprisonment for 1 year, or fine, or both.
- Non-cognizable
- Bailable
- Triable by Any Magistrate.
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