Criminal Intimidation

According to section 503 PPC

Whoever threatens another with any injury to his person reputation or property or to the person or reputation of any one in whom that person is interested with intent to cause alarm to that person or to cause that person to do any act which he is not legally bound to do or to omit to do any act which that person is legally entitled to do as the means of avoiding the execution of such threat commits criminal intimidation.

Example

A threat to injure the reputation of any deceased person in whom the person threatened is interested is within this section.

Zaid for the purpose of inducing Nasir to desist from prosecuting a civil suit threatens to burn Niaz ‘s house. Zaid is guilty of criminal intimidation.

According to section 504 PPC Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the Peace

According to section 505 PPC Statement conducing to Public Mischief.

Punishment for Criminal Intimidation

Punishment of section 506 PPC

According to section 506 PPC

Whoever commences 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. For more info contact us at 0300-8500985 or click the link rb.gy/chcgan

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