Act caused by inducing person to believe that he will be rendered an object of Divine displeasure – Section 508 of IPC:
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.
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Illustrations:
(a) A sits dharna at Z’s door with the intention of causing it to be believed that, by so sitting, he renders Z an object of Divine displeasure. A has committed the offence defined in this section.
(b) A threatens Z that, unless Z performs certain act, A will kill one of Z’s own children, under such circumstances that the killing would be believed to render Z an object of Divine displeasure. A has committed the offence defined in this section.
Ingredients of offence:
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The essential ingredients of the offence under Section 508 are as follows:
(1) The accused voluntarily caused or attempted to cause any person to do anything which that person is not legally bound to do or omit to do a thing which he is legally bound to do;
(2) The accused induced that person to believe that either he himself or any person interested in him will become an object of Divine displeasure unless such thing was so done.
Procedure:
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Non-cognizable, bailable, compoundable and triable by any Magistrate.