IPC 175 — Omission to produce document to public servant by person legally bound to produce it

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Statutory text

Whoever, being legally bound to  produce or  deliver   up   any   document   to   any  public servant, as such, intentionally omits so to produce  or  deliver  up  the same, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may  extend  to one month, or with fine which may extend to five  hundred  rupees, or with both;
2. Subs. ibid., for "Zila Judge".
or, if the document is to be produced or delivered  up to a Court of Justice, with simple imprisonment for a term  which  may  extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to one  thousand  rupees, or with both.
Illustration
A,  being  legally   bound   to  produce  a   document  before  a
[District court], intentionally omits to  produce  the  same.  A has committed the offence defined in this section.

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