## IPC 506

### IPC 506 — Punishment for criminal intimidation
- https://unisonlegal.in/statutes/ipc/506

> 506. Punishment for criminal intimidation.-Whoever commits the offence of criminal
intimidation shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to
two years, or with fine, or with both;
If threat be to cause death or grievous hurt, etc.-and if the threat be to cause death or grievous
hurt, or to cause the destruction of any property by fire, or to cause an offence punishable with death or
1[imprisonment for life], or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years, or to impute
unchastity to a woman, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may
extend to seven years, or with fine, or with both.