VidhiSangh

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Section 225: Threat of injury to induce person to refrain from applying for protection to public servant

Chapter XIII — Of Contempts of the Lawful Authority of Public Servants

225. 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.

Source: official text of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Ministry of Home Affairs).