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Section 189

Threat of injury to a public servant

of Penal Code

ActIn forceProvision 176 of 490
Section 189

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 for a term which may extend to two years or with fine or with both.

Act 574

Threat of injury to induce any person to refrain from applying for protection to a public servant