IPC Chapter 22: Criminal Intimidation, Insult and Annoyance

Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS).

  1. Section 503. Criminal intimidation
  2. Section 504. Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace
  3. Section 505. Statements conducing to public mischief
  4. Section 506. Punishment for criminal intimidation
  5. Section 507. Criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication
  6. Section 508. Act caused by inducing person to believe that he will be rendered an object of the Divine displeasure
  7. Section 509. Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman
  8. Section 510. Misconduct in public by a drunken person