# Section 232 in THE BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023 – BNS

> Threatening any person to give false evidence.(1) 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 inte…

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Author: Sudhir Rao — Advocate, Supreme Court of India  
Category: BNS  
Published: 2024-09-08

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**Threatening any person to give false evidence.**

(1) 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 that person to give false evidence shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, or with fine, or with both. (2) If innocent person is convicted and sentenced in consequence of false evidence referred to in sub-section (1), with death or imprisonment for more than seven years, the person who threatens shall be punished with the same punishment and sentence in the same manner and to the same extent such innocent person is punished and sentenced.

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