BNS 198 — Public servant disobeying law, with intent to cause injury to any person.

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

198. 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.
Public servant disobeying direction under law.

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