IPC 508 — Act caused by inducing person to believe that he will be rendered an object of the Divine displeasure

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Statutory text

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.

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