INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
175. Omission to produce document to public servant by person legally bound
210. Omission to produce document or electronic record to public servant by person legally
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INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
Omission to produce document to public servant by person legally bound
to produce it.
175. Omission to produce document to public servant by person
legally bound to produce it.--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;
Repealed / historical reference India Code — IPC 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
210. Omission to produce document or electronic record to public servant by person legally
bound to produce it.—Whoever, being legally bound to produce or deliver up any document or
electronic record to any public servant, as such, intentionally omits so to produce or deliver up the
same,—
(a) shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month, or
with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both;
(b) and where the document or electronic record is to be produced or delivered up to a Court with
simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to
ten 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.
Current law India Code — BNS 2023