(1)Whoever molests, assaults or abets the molestation, assault of a debtor for the recovery of a debt due by him to a money-lender shall, on conviction, be punishable with imprisonment of either description which may extend to three months or with fine which may extend to rupees fifty thousand or with both.Explanation. - For the purposes of this section, a person who, with intent to cause another person to abstain from doing any act which he has a right to do or to do any act which he has a right to abstain from doing-(a)obstructs or uses violence to or intimidates such other person; or(b)persistently follows such other persons from place to place or interferes with any property owned, or used by him or deprives him of, or hinders him in, use thereof; or(c)loiters near a house or other place where such other person resides or works or carries on business, or happens to be, or does any act calculated to annoy or intimidate such other person, molest shall be deemed to molest such other person:Provided that a person who goes to search out for the place in order merely to obtain or communicate information shall not be deemed to molest.
