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Section 258 - The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
258. Commitment for trial or confinement by person having authority who knows that he is acting contrary to law.
Whoever, being in any office which gives him legal authority to commit persons for trial or to confinement, or to keep persons in confinement, corruptly or maliciously commits any person for trial or to confinement, or keeps any person in confinement, in the exercise of that authority knowing that in so doing he is acting contrary to law, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, or with fine, or with both.
Related Sections
- Section 55: Abetment of offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life
- Section 41: When right of private defence of property extends to causing death
- Section 275: Sale of noxious food or drink
- Section 328: Punishment for Intentionally running vessel aground or ashore with intent to commit theft, etc
- Section 14: Act done by a person bound, or by mistake of fact believing himself bound, by law
Related Acts
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Prevention and Control) Act, 2017
- Essential Defence Services Act, 2021
- National Nursing and Midwifery Commission Act, 2023
- Central Goods and Services Tax (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act, 2017
- Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019
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