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(b) overawes by means of criminal force or the show
of criminal force or attempts to do so or causes death of
any public functionary or attempts to cause death of any
public functionary; or
(c) detains, kidnaps or abducts any person and
threatens to kill or injure such person or does any other
act in order to compel the Government of India, any
State Government or the Government of a foreign
country or an international or inter-governmental
organisation or any other person to do or abstain from
doing any act; or commits a terrorist act.
Explanation.--For the purpose of this sub-section,
(a) "public functionary" means the constitutional
authorities or any other functionary notified in the
Official Gazette by the Central Government as public
functionary;
(b) "high quality counterfeit Indian currency" means
the counterfeit currency as may be declared after
examination by an authorised or notified forensic
authority that such currency imitates or compromises
with the key security features as specified in the Third
Schedule.