VidhiSangh

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Section 507: Criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication

Repealed. Repealed from 1 July 2024.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 XXII — Of Criminal Intimidation, Insult and Annoyance

507. Whoever commits the offence of criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication, or having taken precaution to conceal the name or abode of the person from whom the threat comes, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, in addition to the punishment provided for the offence by the last preceding section.

Source: official text of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.