IPC Section 508 - Act caused by inducing person to believe that he will be rendered an obj ect of the Divine

508. Act caused by inducing person to believe that he will be rendered an obj ect of the 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 dhurna 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.