IPC 171 — Wearing garb or carrying token used by public servant with fraudulent intent

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Statutory text

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 two hundred rupees, or with both.

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