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Section 169 - Indian Penal Code, 1860
 Indian Penal Code, 1860 
 169. Public servant unlawfully buying or bidding for property
Whoever, being a public servant, and being legally bound as such public servant, not to purchase or bid for certain property, purchases or bids for that property, either in his own name or in the name of another, or jointly, or in shares with others, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both; and the property, if purchased, shall be confiscated.
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- Section 150: Hiring, or conniving at hiring, of persons to join unlawful assembly
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 - Section 25: Fraudulently
 - Section 502s: Sale of printed or engraved substance containing defamatory matter
 - Section 256: Having possession of instrument or material for counterfeiting Government stamp
 
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