Legal Provisions of Section 190 of Indian Penal Code, 1860.
Threat of injury to induce person to refrain from applying for protection to public servant:
This section is an offshoot of section 189 and makes holding out threat of injury to induce a person to refrain from applying for protection to public servant, an offence. The section says that whoever holds out any threat of injury to any person, the purpose of which is to induce that person to refrain or desist from making a legal application to any public servant for protection against any injury, and such public servant has powers under law either to give such protection or cause such protection to be given, shall be punished with simple or rigorous imprisonment for a term extending up to one year, or with fine, or with both.
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It is necessary for the prosecution to prove that threat of injury to a person was held out for the purpose of inducing that person to refrain or desist from making a legal application for protection. The public servant must be legally empowered as such public servant to give such protection.
The offence under this section is non-cognizable, bailable and non-compoundable, and is triable by any magistrate.