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As per Section 232 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the offence of threatening any person to give…

Under section 232(1) of the BNS (formerly section 195A IPC), the ordinary punishment is imprisonment of either description up to seven years, or fine, or both. The section…

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As per Section 232 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the offence of threatening any person to give false evidence is punishable with

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Under section 232(1) of the BNS (formerly section 195A IPC), the ordinary punishment is imprisonment of either description up to seven years, or fine, or both. The section targets threats intended to make another person give false evidence. Sub-section (2) imposes the same punishment as the innocent person receives when that false evidence causes an innocent person to be convicted and sentenced to death or imprisonment for more than seven years.

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