Classification of Offences
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| Section | Offence | Punishment | Cognizable or non-cognizable | Bailable or non-bailable | By what court triable |
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| CHAPTER XXII - CRIMINAL INTIMIDATION, INSULT AND ANNOYANCE | |||||
| 504 | Insult intended to provoke breach of the peace. | Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both. | Non-cognizable | Bailable | Any Magistrate. |
| 505 | False statement. rumour, etc., circulated with intent to cause mutiny or offence against the public peace.
| Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both.
| Ditto
| Non-bailable
| Ditto.
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| False statement, rumour, etc., with intent to create enmity, hatred or ill-will between different classes.
| Ditto
| Cognizable
| Ditto
| Ditto.
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| False statement, rumour, etc., made in place of worship etc., with intent to create enmity, hatred or ill-will. | Imprisonment for 5 years and fine. | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto. | |
| 506 | Criminal intimidation
| Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.
| Non-cognizable
| Bailable
| Ditto.
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| If threat be to cause death or grievous hurt, etc. | Imprisonment for 7 years, or fine, or both. | Ditto | Ditto | Magistrate of the first class. | |
| 507 | Criminal intimidation by anonymous communication or having taken precaution to conceal whence the threat comes. | Imprisonment for 2 years, in addition to the punishment under above section. | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto |
| 508 | Act caused by inducing a person to believe that he will be rendered an object of Divine displeasure. | Imprisonment for 1 year, or fine, or both. | Ditto | Ditto | Any Magistrate. |
| 509 | Uttering any word or making any gesture intended to insult the modesty of a woman, etc. | Simple imprisonment for 1 year, or fine, or both. | Cognizable | Ditto | Ditto |
| 510 | Appearing in a public place, etc., in a state of intoxication, and causing annoyance to any person. | Simple imprisonment for 24 hours, or fine of 10 rupees, or both. | Non-cognizable | Ditto | Ditto |
CHAPTER XXIII - ATTEMPTS TO COMMIT OFFENCES. | |||||
| 511 | Attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment for life or imprisonment, and in such attempt doing any act towards the commission of the offence. | Imprisonment for life or imprisonment not exceeding half of the longest term provided for the offence, or fine, or both. | According as the offence is cognizable or non-cognizable. | According as the offence attempted by the offender is bailable or not. | The Court by which the offence attempted is triable. |
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