IPC Section 508

Indian Penal Code

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IPCChapter XXII

S. 508

Act caused by inducing person to believe that he will be rendered an object of the Divine displeasure

Description

Whoever voluntarily causes or attempts to cause any person to do anything which that person is not legally bound to do, or to omit to do anything which he is legally entitled to do, by inducing or attempting to induce that person to believe that he or any person in whom he is interested will become or will be rendered by some act of the offender an object of Divine displeasure if he does not do the thing which it is the object of the offender to cause him to do, or if he does the thing which it is the object of the offender to cause him to omit, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.

...More in Chapter XXII

Classification u/schedule 1 CrPC

Offence

Punishment

Act caused by inducing a person to believe that he will be rendered an object of Divine displeasure

1 Year or Fine or Both

Cognizance

Bail

Triable By

Non-Cognizable

Bailable

Any Magistrate

Composition u/s 320 CrPC

Offence is Compoundable by

The person induced

By Raman Devgan
Updated: 31 Oct 2022
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