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Section190
The Indian Penal Code, 1860

Threat of injury to induce person to refrain from applying for protection to public servant

Repealed From 01 Jan 1862 Act 45 of 1860 As on 15 Oct 2026

Act 45 of 1860 Ministry Home Affairs Enacted 06 Oct 1860 In force 01 Jan 1862 Cited by 2 provisions

This provision is repealed. Repealed by section 358 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024. It is reproduced because conduct before that date is still charged, tried and appealed under it.

Section 190 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 deals with threat of injury to induce person to refrain from applying for protection to public servant. Whoever holds out any threat of injury to any person for the purpose of inducing that person to refrain or desist from making a legal application for protection against any injury to any public servant legally empowered as such to give such protection, or to cause such protection to be given, shall The Act came into force on 01 Jan 1862. Repealed by section 358 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024, but conduct before that date is still charged, tried and appealed under it.

Whoever holds out any threat of injury to any person for the purpose of inducing that person to refrain or desist from making a legal application for protection against any injury to any public servant legally empowered as such to

give such protection, or to cause such protection to be given, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.

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Section 190, The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Act 45 of 1860).

Now in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita

BNS 225 Threat of injury to induce person to refrain from applying for protection to public servant Text carried over almost unchanged 95%

Measured by comparing the text of the two provisions, not taken from an official correspondence table — there is no machine-readable one. See both texts side by side before relying on it.

Both regimes are live. The repealed enactment still governs what happened while it was in force. We never redirect one to the other.

Cross-references

Extracted from the operative text of the enactments themselves. Every destination below exists in our corpus.

Referred to by 2

  1. Criminal Law Amendment Act s. 10 Power of State Government to make certain offences cognizable and non-bailable
  2. Karnataka Krishna Basin Development Authority Act s. 46 Amendment of Karnataka Act 34 of 1987

Questions about Section 190

What does Section 190 of the Indian Penal Code deal with?

Section 190 of the Indian Penal Code is headed "Threat of injury to induce person to refrain from applying for protection to public servant". Whoever holds out any threat of injury to any person for the purpose of inducing that person to refrain or desist from making a legal application for protection against any injury to any public servant legally empowered as such to give such protection, or to cause such protection to be given, shall

How do I find court cases under Section 190 of the Indian Penal Code?

In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: IPC 190, section 190 IPC, section 190 of the Indian Penal Code. People searching for it also type ipc 190(2) and ipc 190 punishment in hindi. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome.

What should I read with Section 190 of the Indian Penal Code, and has it changed?

2 other provisions in this corpus refer back to it. For anything done on or after 1 July 2024 the provision to read is BNS 225 (Threat of injury to induce person to refrain from applying for protection to public servant), which replaced it; conduct before that date is still charged, tried and appealed under this section.

When did Section 190 of the Indian Penal Code come into force?

Section 190 of the Indian Penal Code, cited as IPC 190, came into force on 01 Jan 1862, having been enacted on 06 Oct 1860. It is no longer in force.

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