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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 237: Using as true such declaration knowing it to be false
- Section 46: Abettor
- Section 156: Public servant voluntarily allowing prisoner of State or war to escape
- Section 306: Theft by clerk or servant of property in possession of master
- Section 153: Waging war against Government of any foreign State at peace with Government of India
Related Acts
- Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019
- Repealing and Amending Act, 2015
- Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015
- Taxation Laws (Amendment) Act, 2016
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Prevention and Control) Act, 2017
* Only for reference.