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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 313: Punishment for belonging to gang of robbers, etc
- Section 235: Using as true a Certificate known to be false
- Section 56: Abetment of offence punishable with imprisonment
- Section 182: Making or Using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes
- Section 69: Sexual intercourse by employing deceitful means, etc
Related Acts
- National Nursing and Midwifery Commission Act, 2023
- Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019
- Punjab Municipal Corporation Law (Extension to Chandigarh) Amendment Act, 2017
- Inter-Services Organisations (Command, Control and Discipline) Act, 2023
- National Council for Teacher Education (Amendment) Act, 2019
* Only for reference.