INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
167. Public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause
201. Public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury.
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INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
Public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause
injury.
167. Public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to
cause injury.--Whoever, being a public servant, and being, as such
public servant, charged with the preparation or translation of any
document, frames or translates that document in a manner which he
knows or believes to be incorrect, intending thereby to cause or
knowing it to be likely that he may thereby cause injury to any
person, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for
a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.
Repealed / historical reference India Code — IPC 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
201. Public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury.—Whoever,
being a public servant, and being, as such public servant, charged with the preparation or translation of
any document or electronic record, frames, prepares or translates that document or electronic record in a
manner which he knows or believes to be incorrect, intending thereby to cause or knowing it to be likely
that he may thereby cause injury to any person, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description
for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.
Current law India Code — BNS 2023