BNS Section 354 - Act caused by inducing person to believe that he will be rendered an object of Divine displeasure

354. Act caused by inducing person to believe that he will be rendered an object of Divine

displeasure.--Whoever voluntarily causes or attempts to cause any person to do anything which that

person is not legally bound to do, or to omit to do anything which he is legally entitled to do, by inducing

or attempting to induce that person to believe that he or any person in whom he is interested will become

or will be rendered by some act of the offender an object of Divine displeasure if he does not do the thing

which it is the object of the offender to cause him to do, or if he does the thing which it is the object of

the offender to cause him to omit, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term

which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.

Illustration s.

(a) A sits dharna at Z’s door with the intention of causing it to be believed that, by so sitting, he

renders Z an object of Divine displeasure. A has committed the offence defined in this section.

(b) A threatens Z that, unless Z performs a certain act, A will kill one of A’s own children, under

such circumstances that the killing would be believed to render Z an object of Divine displeasure. A has

committed the offence defined in this section.