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Contempts of the Lawful Authority of Public Servants
Attempting suicide with intent to compel or restrain a public servant from discharging their official duty is punished with up to 1 year's simple imprisonment, fine, community service, or a combination.
This is a narrow, specific offence targeting attempted suicide used as a coercive tactic against an official's exercise of their duty, distinct from suicide/attempted-suicide more broadly (which the BNS otherwise does not criminalise for the person attempting it).
Threatening or attempting self-harm specifically as leverage to force an official to grant or withhold a particular official action falls under this narrow, specific provision.