IPC 218 — Public servant framing incorrect record or writing with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Statutory text

Whoever, being a public servant, and being as   such   public servant, charged with the preparation of any record   or  other writing, frames that record or writing in a manner which   he   knows to be incorrect, with intent to cause, or knowing it to be likely that  he will thereby cause, loss or injury to the public  or  to any person, or with intent thereby to save, or knowing it to be likely that he will thereby save, any person from legal punishment, or with  intent  to save, or knowing that he is likely thereby  to save, any  property  from  forfeiture or other charge   to   which  it is liable by law, shall be punished with imprisonment of either   description  for  a  term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.

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