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Section 220 - Indian Penal Code, 1860
Indian Penal Code, 1860
220. 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 commitment, 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.
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- Section 380: Theft in dwelling house, etc
- Section 113: Liability of abettor for an effect caused by the act abetted different from that intended by the abettor
- Section 120B: Punishment of criminal conspiracy
- Section 418: Cheating with knowledge that wrongful loss may ensue to person whose interest offender is bound to protect
- Section 404: Dishonest misappropriation of property possessed by deceased person at the time of his death
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