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.
Explanation.- A threat to injure the reputation of any deceased person in whom the person threatened is interested, is within this section.
Illustration
A, for the purpose of inducing B to resist from prosecuting a civil suit,
threatens to burn B's house. A is guilty of criminal intimidation.
501 IPC Printing or engraving matter known to be defamatory
502 IPC Sale of printed or engraved substance containing defamatory matter
504 IPC Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace
505 IPC Statements conducing to public mischief
506 IPC Punishment for criminal intimidation
507 IPC Criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication
509 IPC Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman