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'A' for the purpose of inducing 'B' to resist from prosecuting a civil suit, threatens to burn 'B's house. What offence is committed by 'A' under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 ?
Explanation
Under Section 351(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, the offence of criminal intimidation is defined as threatening another person with injury to their person, reputation, or property. This threat must be intended to cause alarm, or to compel the person to perform an act they are not legally bound to do, or to omit an act they are legally entitled to do.
In this scenario, 'A' threatens to burn 'B's house (injury to property) to induce 'B' to stop a civil suit (an act 'B' is legally entitled to pursue). This squarely fits the definition of Criminal Intimidation. Other options are incorrect: Wrongful Restraint (Section 126) involves obstructing a person's physical movement, and Public Mischief (Section 353) relates to statements intended to cause public alarm or incitement, neither of which apply here.
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