BNS 205 — Wearing garb or carrying token used by public servant with fraudulent intent.

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

205. Whoever,  not  belonging  to  a  certain  class  of  public  servants,
wears any garb or carries any token resembling any garb or token used by
that class of public servants, with the intention that it may be believed, or
with the knowledge that it is likely to be believed, that he belongs to that
class  of  public  servants,  shall  be  punished  with  imprisonment  of  either
description for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which
may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both.

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