Threat of injury to induce person to refrain from applying for protection to public servant
What this section does
Punishes a person who threatens injury to another person in order to deter that person from making a legal application for protection to a public servant who is legally empowered to give such protection. The section targets coercion aimed at preventing persons from seeking lawful official protection.
AI-generated plain-language summary. For the binding statutory text, see India Code (official).
Quick reference
- Punishment
- Imprisonment of either description up to 1 year, or fine, or both.
- Triable by
- Any Magistrate
- Cognizable
- No
- Bailable
- Yes
- Compoundable
- No
Ingredients (what prosecution must prove)
- The accused held out a threat of injury to any person
- The purpose was to induce that person to refrain or desist from making a legal application for protection against any injury
- The protection sought was from a public servant legally empowered to give such protection or to cause it to be given
Derived from IPC s.190.
Read the official text
For the binding statutory text of BNS Section 225, refer to the Gazette of India or the India Code official website.
Why this matters
BNS Section 225 forms part of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita which replaced the Indian Penal Code 1860 on 1 July 2024. Any new filing, FIR, charge sheet, or bail application made on or after that date should cite the new section number. References to the old act in legacy documents remain valid for matters that arose before the changeover.