IPC Section 189 — Threat of injury to public servant

Summary

If a person threatens to harm a government official, or someone the official cares about, in order to make that official do something—or stop or delay doing something—related to their official duties, that person can be punished. The punishment can be imprisonment for up to two years, a fine, or both.

Official Text

Whoever holds out any threat of injury to any public servant, or to any person in whom he believes that public servant to be interested, for the purpose of inducing that public servant to do any act, or to forbear or delay to do any act, connected with the exercise of the public functions of such public servant, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.

Related Judgments

• ...Petitioner vs 1.The Secretary, — Madras High Court (2013)
• SUPREME COURT REPORTS RAM KRISHAN AND ANOTHER v. THE STATE OF DELHI — Supreme Court of India (1956)
• JOHAR AND OTHERS v. MANGAL PRASAD & ANR. 189 — Supreme Court of India (2008)
• ... Revision Petitioners vs State rep. by the Station House Officer, — Madras High Court (2016)
• 20TH CENTURY FINANCE CORPORATION LTD. AND ANR v. ST A TE OF MAHARASHTRA MAY 9, 2000 B — Supreme Court of India (S)
• J PRAKASHCHANDRAYADAV v. STATE OF BIHAR AND ORS. OCTOBER 12, 2007 — Supreme Court of India (2007)
• NARESH KUMAR MADAN v. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH -- APRIL IO, 2007 B — Supreme Court of India (2007)
• ... Petitioner vs K.Murugan — Madras High Court (2011)

Old <-> New Code Mapping

• BNS §224 — Threat of injury to public servant