INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
218. Public servant framing incorrect record or writing with intent to save
256. Public servant framing incorrect record or writing with intent to save person from
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INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
Public servant framing incorrect record or writing with intent to save
person from punishment or property from forfeiture.
218. Public servant framing incorrect record or writing with
intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture.--
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.
Repealed / historical reference India Code — IPC 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
256. Public servant framing incorrect record or writing with intent to save person from
punishment or property from forfeiture.—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.
Current law India Code — BNS 2023