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

Summary

A person who threatens to harm someone in order to stop that person from asking a public official for legal protection against harm commits an offence. This applies when the public official has the legal authority to provide or arrange that protection. The punishment for this offence can be imprisonment for up to one year, a fine, or both.

Official Text

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.

Related Judgments

• JOHAR AND OTHERS v. MANGAL PRASAD & ANR. 189 — Supreme Court of India (2008)
• SC (1955) Vol.1 p.965 — Supreme Court of India (1955)
• .. Petitioner vs 1.The Chief Election Commissioner of India, — Madras High Court (2019)
• ... Petitioner vs 1.State of Tamil Nadu — Madras High Court (2004)
• RAJA ETC v. STATE OF BIHAR AND ANR. APRIL 28, 1998 — Supreme Court of India (1998)
• .. Petitioner in Crl.R.C.No.29 of 2015 vs 1. ICICI Bank Ltd., — Madras High Court (2015)
• SUPREME COURT REPORTS RAM KRISHAN AND ANOTHER v. THE STATE OF DELHI — Supreme Court of India (1956)
• .. Petitioner vs 1. The State of Tamil Nadu, — Madras High Court (2017)

Old <-> New Code Mapping

• BNS §225 — Threat of injury to induce person to refrain from applying for protection to public servant