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Section 94 - Indian Penal Code, 1860
94. Act to which a person is compelled by threats
Except murder, and offences against the State punishable with death, nothing is an offence which is done by a person who is compelled to do it by threats, which, at the time of doing it, reasonably cause the apprehension that instant death to that person will otherwise be the consequence: Provided the person doing the act did not of his own accord, or from a reasonable apprehension of harm to himself short of instant death, place himself in the situation by which he became subject to such constraint.
Explanation 1- A person who, of his own accord, or by reason of a threat of being beaten, joins a gang of dacoits, knowing their character, is not entitled to the benefit of this exception, on the ground of his having been compelled by his associates to do anything that is an offence by law.
Explanation 2- A person seized by a gang of dacoits, and forced, by threat of instant death, to do a thing which is an offence by law; for example, a smith compelled to take his tools and to force the door of a house for the dacoits to enter and plunder it, is entitled to the benefit of this exception.
Related Sections
- Section 225A: Omission to apprehend, or sufferance of escape, on part of public servant, in cases not otherwise, provided for
- Section 402: Assembling for purpose of committing dacoity
- Section 245: Unlawfully taking coining instrument from mint
- Section 186: Obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions
- Section 475: Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating documents described in section 467, or possessing counterfeit marked material