BNS Section 225: Threat Of Injury To Induce Person To Refrain From Applying For Protection To Public Servant

Definition of BNS Section 225

Section 225 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023 states:
“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.”

Explanation and Illustration of BNS Section 225

This section is applicable to any person within the sovereign borders of India, whether citizen, resident or otherwise. It deals with the offence of making threats against an application for protection from a public servant.

There are marked instances within the legal framework that entitle a person to seek protection from the government authorities, especially when they are likely to be targets of bodily or deadly harm. For instance a person receives a threat to their life and the police, on investigation, find the threat to be conducive. It can also be applied to cases of domestic violence.

This section does not deal with threats of injury as such. But if a person who believes that they need such protection is threatened with the intent of stopping them from applying for protection from the authorities, then such an act is punishable under the provisions of this section. Such an act of threatening must meet two conditions to qualify as an offence under Section 225:

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