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Section 198 - The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
Chapter XII
Of Offences by or Relating to Public Servants
198. Public servant disobeying law, with intent to cause injury to any person.
Whoever, being a public servant, knowingly disobeys any direction of the law as to the way in which he is to conduct himself as such public servant, intending to cause, or knowing it to be likely that he will by such disobedience, cause injury to any person, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.
Illustration.
A, being an officer directed by law to take property in execution, in order to satisfy a decree pronounced in Z's favour by a Court, knowingly disobeys that direction of law, with the knowledge that he is likely thereby to cause injury to Z. A has committed the offence defined in this section.
Related Sections
- Section 222: Omission to assist public servant when bound by law to give assistance
- Section 354: Act caused by inducing person to believe that he will be rendered an object of Divine displeasure
- Section 237: Using as true such declaration knowing it to be false
- Section 58: Concealing design to commit offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life
- Section 202: Public servant unlawfully engaging in trade
Related Acts
- Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Act, 2017
- National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Act, 2020
- Central Goods and Services Tax (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act, 2017
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Prevention and Control) Act, 2017
- Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers Cadre) Act, 2019
* Only for reference.