Section 154 - Threat of injury to induce person to refrain from applying for protection to public officer.

Whoever holds out a threat of injury to a person for the purpose of inducing that person to refrain or desist from applying for protection against an injury to a public officer legally empowered as such to give that protection or to cause that protection to be given, shall be punished with imprisonment for term which may extend to one year or with fine or with both.