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BNS · 351

Criminal Intimidation

BailableNon-cognizable

Understanding the issue

Threatening someone with harm to scare them or force them to do something is criminal intimidation.

Punishment

Imprisonment up to 2 years, or fine, or both

Examples

  • A sends threatening messages to B saying 'I will harm your family'. A commits criminal intimidation.

The section as enacted

Whoever threatens another with any injury to his person, reputation or property, with intent to cause alarm, or to cause that person to do or omit to do any act, commits criminal intimidation.