true, as the most it can be termed
as an empty threat. No mens rea on the part of the petitioner can be
attributed ... alleged threat extended
by the Revisionist termed at the most the empty threat as the mens rea to
cause injury is missing in the present
substantive criminal law would remain a mere formality and empty practice.
Empty threats do not prevent crime and without deterrent effect, the law of
crimes ... enforcement mechanism, the threat of punishment held out to the law
breakers by the substantive criminal law would remain empty formality in
books. In order
cannot be said to be made out.
In regard to threat complainant has stated that petitioner had
threatened him but same was not corroborated ... there are general allegations
which appear that it is only empty threat to them. Thus,
learned Magistrate committed illegality in taking the
cognizance. However
which is defined in Blacks Dictionary as follows :
"An empty noise; an empty threat, a Judgment void upon its face which is in legal
threat of proceedings under the Public Premises Act
was itself an empty threat since physical possession of the shops /
complex remained with the Council. These
defendants, they believed that the notice dated 4.2.2002 was only an empty threat and after getting legal opinion, they chose to ignore the notice. Even
been named only due to some jealously or
misunderstanding, empty threats do not prima facie mean that case U/s
506 IPC is made ... surprising how Ld. ACMM came to conclusion that such were empty
threats or not enough to threaten the receiver i.e. complainant. From the
facts
Petitioner has not made any specific allegations about the existence of
any threat or danger to him or his family. In his application ... that the
tea stall owner has disappeared, and thus the threats are not empty ones, but
serious in nature. In this context, the Court
further threat to kidnap had been made-out. The complainant had
alerted the police about this fact. The threat was not an empty
further threat to kidnap had been made-out. The complainant had
alerted the police about this fact. The threat was not an empty
