भारतीय दंड संहिता धारा 503 के अंतर्गत किसी व्यक्ति द्वारा आपराधिक अभित्रास का अपराध कारित करने के लिए आवश्यक तत्व निम्न है :-
(1)अन्य व्यक्ति के या हितबद्ध व्यक्ति के शरीर, ख्याति या सम्पत्ति को क्षति कारित करने की धमकी देना।
(2) आशय (3) धमकी के कारण उस अन्य व्यक्ति को संत्रास कारित होना। या धमकी के निष्पादन का परिवर्जन करने के लिये कार्य करना या लोप करवाना।
#IPC_503 : Criminal intimidation.—Whoever threatens another with any injury to his person, reputation or property, or to the person or reputation of any one in whom that person is interested, with intent to cause alarm to that person, or to cause that person to do any act which he is not legally bound to do, or to omit to do any act which that person is legally entitled to do, as the means of avoiding the execution of such threat, commits criminal intimidation. Explanation.
A threat to injure the reputation of any deceased person in whom the person threatened is interested, is within this section. Illustration A, for the purpose of inducing B to desist from prosecuting a civil suit, threatens to burn B’s house. A is guilty of criminal intimidation.
IPC_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.
