Punishment for criminal intimidation
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Summary
Criminal intimidation is punishable by up to two years imprisonment, or fine, or both when a person threatens another to cause alarm or fear. If the threat is to cause death, grievous hurt, to destroy property by fire, to commit an offence punishable with death, life imprisonment, or imprisonment up to seven years, or to impute unchastity to a woman, the punishment increases to up to seven years, or fine, or both.
Example
Karan threatens to burn Rohan's shop unless Rohan pays him money. Because the threat is to destroy property by fire, Karan can be punished with up to seven years' imprisonment, or fine, or both.
Bare Act
Enacted textWhoever commits the offence of criminal intimidation shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both;
If threat be to cause death or grievous hurt, etc – and if the threat be to cause death or grievous hurt, or to cause the destruction of any property by fire, or to cause an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life, of with imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years, or to impute unchastity to a woman, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, or with fine, or with both.
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