Indian Penal Code, 1860
508. Act caused by inducing person to believe that he will
be rendered an object 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.
Illustrations
(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.