IPC 190 — Threat of injury to induce person to refrain from applying for protection to public servant

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Statutory text

Whoever 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.

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