BNS Section 224: Threat Of Injury To Public Servant

Definition of BNS Section 224

Section 224 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023 states:
“Whoever holds out any threat of injury to any public servant, or to any person in whom he believes that public servant to be interested, for the purpose of inducing that public servant to do any act, or to forbear or delay to do any act, connected with the exercise of the public functions of such public servant, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.”

Explanation and Illustration of BNS Section 224

This section is applicable to any person within the sovereign borders of India, whether citizen, resident or otherwise. It deals with the offence of threatening to injure a public servant.

It states that when a person wishes a public servant to perform a certain action, or abstain from taking certain action that is a part of the public servant’s duty, and resorts to threatening the public servant or any person that he or she believes to be of interest to the public servant to the extent that threatening that person may impact the course of the public servant’s duties, then it shall be considered an offence under section 224.

In other words, using threat of injury to obstruct a public servant from performing their duty is an offence under this section. There are two clarifications to be noted for the purpose of this section:

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