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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 specifically covers threatening a person with…

Section 232 covers threats of specified injury, including injury to the threatened person's reputation, intended to cause that person to give false evidence.

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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 specifically covers threatening a person with injury to their reputation with intent to make them give false evidence?

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Section 232 covers threats of specified injury, including injury to the threatened person's reputation, intended to cause that person to give false evidence.

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Option A

Section 229 provides punishment for giving or fabricating false evidence.

Option B

Section 230 concerns giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of a capital offence.

Option C

Section 231 concerns giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of an offence punishable with life imprisonment or the specified term of imprisonment.

Option D

Section 232 specifically covers a qualifying threat intended to cause another person to give false evidence.

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