If you also abuse your friends then be careful, you may have to go to jail, know what the rules say?

Often you must have seen that people start abusing each other on small matters. They start misbehaving. You must have seen many videos on social media of people abusing each other. Sometimes the fighting escalates so much that people start threatening to kill each other. But in such cases, people often have no idea of ​​what misbehavior they are doing. This may prove costly for them in future. Many people abuse their friends during conversations, but they are not aware of it. You may also have to go to jail for using abusive language. Let us know what the law says about this.

If someone abuses someone, behaves rudely with someone. Therefore such cases are criminal. In such cases, a case is registered in the police station under Section 154 of CrPC. Abusing someone is a criminal offense under Section 294 of the Indian Penal Code. Generally, in cases of abusive and indecency, people settle the matter by compromise. But if a case is registered under Section 294 then you cannot settle it. Because it hurts people’s sentiments. Under Section 294 of the Indian Penal Code, the accused in this case can be punished up to 3 months.

Usually in such cases the accused are not sent to jail. But instead they will have to pay a fine. But if the matter escalates. Then there may be a possibility of jail. Often when there is a fight in someone’s party, many people abuse each other. Many times people even threaten to kill each other. This will often be seen in fights at wedding parties. This will be seen in the fights that take place in conferences. In many societies, people do this during fights. But let me tell you that threatening someone’s life is not limited to just giving threats but it is a crime. In this, an FIR can be lodged against the person making the threat by going to the police station. Under Section 506 of the Indian Penal Code, threatening to kill someone can lead to a jail term of up to 7 years.