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.
CHAPTER X OF CONTEMPTS OF THE LAWFUL AUTHORITY OF PUBLIC SERVANTS
Section 190: Threat of injury to induce person to refrain from applying for protection to public servant
The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (repealed)
Repealed by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.
Now in the BNS
As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table
| 190. Threat of injury to induce person to refrain from applying for protection to public servant. | BNS 225 |
Questions on this section
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1. Match List I (provisions of the BNS) with List II (corresponding provisions of the IPC): List I A. Section 103 BNS B. Section 106(1) BNS C. Section 190 BNS D. Section 196 BNS List II 1. Section 304A IPC 2. Section 302 IPC 3. Section 153A IPC 4. Section 149 IPC