CONTEXT:

• Abusing a person with filthy language alone does not constitute the offence of criminal intimidation.
• The threat must be with intention to cause alarm to the complainant to cause that person to do or omit to do any work.
• Mere expression of any words without any intention to cause alarm would not be sufficient to bring in the application of this section
• The Bench was hearing an appeal filed by an insurance claim surveyor in Uttar Pradesh, who was accused of criminal intimidation by a factory owner in Mathura district.