VidhiSangh

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Section 190: Threat of injury to induce person to refrain from applying for protection to public servant

Repealed. Repealed from 1 July 2024. Use it for offences committed before repeal and other liabilities, investigations or proceedings preserved by BNS section 358; do not use it as the current general penal code.

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

190. 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 Indian Penal Code, 1860.