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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, 'A' threatens 'B' to injure the reputation of 'C', a deceased…

The Explanation to BNS s.351 extends criminal intimidation to a threat to injure the reputation of a deceased person in whom the person threatened is interested; A's threat…

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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, 'A' threatens 'B' to injure the reputation of 'C', a deceased person in whom 'B' is interested. 'A' has committed:-

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The Explanation to BNS s.351 extends criminal intimidation to a threat to injure the reputation of a deceased person in whom the person threatened is interested; A's threat against C's reputation to alarm B falls within this Explanation, so it is criminal intimidation rather than defamation, since no actual imputation on C has been made or published.

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