https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=283811 A threat to use cross-examination with irrelevant, scandalous, indecent, or insulting questions to obtain money was treated as a threat of injury because "injury" extended to harm to reputation and the threatened conduct was prohibited by law. The court also held that the Government's appeal from acquittal was maintainable under Section 417 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, since the provision was not confined to cognizable offences. The acquittal was reversed and the conviction for extortion by threat was restored. en-us Fri, 20 Dec 1929 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 14 Oct 2019 15:22:26 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=283811 A threat to use cross-examination with irrelevant, scandalous, indecent, or insulting questions to obtain money was treated as a threat of injury because "injury" extended to harm to reputation and the threatened conduct was prohibited by law. The court also held that the Government's appeal from acquittal was maintainable under Section 417 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, since the provision was not confined to cognizable offences. The acquittal was reversed and the conviction for extortion by threat was restored. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 20 Dec 1929 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=283811