What is the crime of threatening others by sending messages?

Threatening to send text messages should be punished according to the actual situation. If the circumstances are not serious, it is a general illegal act. If the circumstances are serious, it may be a crime of provoking trouble.

If the perpetrator only sends threatening information to one or a few specific people without causing any actual adverse consequences and injuries, then it is difficult to convict such behavior. Although this behavior does not constitute a crime, it is still an administrative violation, and the public security organ may impose detention or fine on the perpetrator according to the Law on Public Security Administration Punishment. If the behavior of the perpetrator affects personal safety and causes serious consequences, it constitutes a crime of stirring up trouble and shall be investigated for criminal responsibility according to law. Therefore, how to deal with the behavior of threatening others by sending text messages depends on the specific circumstances of the case, from public security punishment to conviction for the crime of stirring up trouble.

Criteria for making threats

Threatening behavior generally belongs to the crime of stirring up trouble, and the filing standard is:

1, writing threatening letters or threatening the personal safety of others by other means;

2. Publicly insulting others or fabricating facts to slander others;

3. Fabricating facts and falsely accusing others in an attempt to subject others to criminal investigation or public security administration punishment;

4. Sending obscene, insulting, threatening or other information for many times, which affects the normal life of others.

I hope the above content can help you. Please consult a professional lawyer if you have any other questions.

Legal basis: Article 42 of the Law on Public Security Administration Punishment commits one of the following acts, and shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than 500 yuan. If the punishment is heavier, the offender shall be detained for not less than five days but not more than ten days, and may also be fined not more than 500 yuan: writing threatening letters or sending obscene, insulting, threatening or other information by other means, which disturbs the normal life of others.

Article 293 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years, criminal detention or public surveillance for any of the following acts of provoking troubles and disturbing social order: (1) beating others at will, if the circumstances are bad; (two) chasing, intercepting, insulting or intimidating others, and the circumstances are bad; (three) forcibly take or arbitrarily destroy or occupy public or private property, and the circumstances are serious; (4) Causing serious disorder in public places. Whoever gathers people for many times to commit the acts mentioned in the preceding paragraph and seriously undermines social order shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than 10 years and may also be fined.