BNS 354 — Act caused by inducing person to believe that he will be rendered an object of Divine displeasure.

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

354. Whoever voluntarily causes or attempts to cause any person to
do anything which that person is not legally bound to do, or to omit to do
anything which  he  is  legally  entitled  to  do,  by  inducing  or  attempting  to
induce that person to believe that he or any person in whom he is interested
will become or will be rendered by some act of the offender an object of
Divine displeasure if he does not do the thing which it is the object of the
offender to cause him to do, or if he does the thing which it is the object of
the offender to cause him to omit, shall be punished with imprisonment of
either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or
with both.
Illustrations.
(a) A sits dharna at Z’s door with the intention of causing it to be
believed that, by so sitting, he renders Z an object of Divine displeasure. A
has committed the offence defined in this section.
(b) A threatens Z that, unless Z performs a certain act, A will kill one
of A’s own children, under such circumstances that the killing would be
believed to render Z an object of Divine displeasure. A has committed the
offence defined in this section.

Misconduct in public by a drunken person.

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