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Section 506 - Indian Penal Code, 1860
Indian Penal Code, 1860
506. Punishment for criminal intimidation
Whoever commits, the offence of criminal intimidation shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both;
If threat be to cause death or grievous hurt, etc- and if the threat be to cause death or grievous hurt, or to cause the destruction of any property by fire, or to cause an offence punishable with death or 152[imprisonment for life], or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years, or to impute, unchastity to a woman, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, or With fine, or with both.
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- Section 251: Delivery of Indian coin, possessed with knowledge that it is altered
- Section 395: Punishment for dacoity
- Section 452: House-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint
- Section 138: Abetment of act of insubordination by soldier, sailor or airman
- Section 158: Being hired to take part in an unlawful assembly or riot
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