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ART. 282. Grave threats. - Any person who shall threaten another with the infliction upon the person, honor, or property of the latter or of his family of any wrong amounting to a crime, shall suffer:

1. The penalty next lower in degree than that- prescribed by law for the crime he threatened to commit, if the offender shall have made the threat demanding money or imposing any other condition, even though not unlawful, and said offender shall have attained his purpose. If the offender shall not have attained his purpose, the penalty lower by two (2) degrees shall be imposed.

If the threat be made in writing or through a middleman, the penalty shall be imposed in its maximum period.

2. The penalty of arresto mayor and a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand pesos (P100,000) if the threat shall not have been made subject to a condition.

ACTS PUNISHABLE:
1. By threatening another with the infliction upon his person, honor, or property, or that of his family, of any wrong amounting to a crime and demanding money or imposing any other condition, even though not unlawful, and the offender attained his purpose.
2. By making such a threat without the offender attaining his purpose.
3. By threatening another with the infliction upon his person, honor, or property, or that of his family, of any wrong amounting to a crime, the threat not being subject to a condition.


Aggravating circumstances: 
(1) if made in writing, or
(2) made through a middleman.

The crime is frustrated if the threat was not received by the person being threatened.

Threat not made in the heat of anger, because such a threat would be punished as “Other Light Threats”

Grave threats may be committed by an indirect challenge to a gunfight, even if the complainant was absent when the challenge was made; it is sufficient that the threats came to the knowledge of the offended party

Threats made in connection with the commission of other crimes are absorbed by the latter.

The offender in grave threats does not demand the delivery on the spot of the money or other personal property asked by him.

When consummated: As soon as the threats came to the knowledge of the offended party.

It is not necessary that the offended party was present at the time the threats were made. It is sufficient that the threats came to his knowledge.