BNS Section 225
What is the punishment for threatening someone to stop them applying for protection from a public servant?
Short answer
It is punishable with up to one year imprisonment, a fine, or both.
In detail
If a person threatens another with injury in order to make that person avoid filing a legal request for protection from a public servant who is authorized to grant such protection, the law treats this as a criminal act. The offender can be sentenced to imprisonment for a term that may extend to one year. In addition, the court may impose a monetary fine, and it is also possible for both jail time and a fine to be ordered together. The provision aims to deter intimidation that blocks individuals from seeking official safety measures provided by authorized public officials. Any such threat, regardless of how it is communicated, falls within the scope of this offence and attracts the stated penalties.
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Hurt means causing bodily pain, disease, or infirmity to any person.
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Yes, a magistrate can order him to pay a monthly allowance and enforce it with fines or up to one month in jail.
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No, you are not criminally liable if the act was not intended to cause death or serious injury and the adult gave consent.
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Yes, the law permits you to use private defence even if it risks harming an innocent person during a deadly assault.
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Not legal advice. This is general legal information, not legal advice. Laws change and every case turns on its own facts — speak to a lawyer about your situation.