Public servant disobeying law, with intent to cause injury to any person
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198. Public servant disobeying law, with intent to cause injury to any person.
Whoever, being a public servant, knowingly disobeys any direction of the law as to the way in which he is to conduct himself as such public servant, intending to cause, or knowing it to be likely that he will by such disobedience, cause injury to any person, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.
Illustration.
A, being an officer directed by law to take property in execution, in order to satisfy a decree pronounced in Z’s favour by a Court, knowingly disobeys that direction of law, with the knowledge that he is likely thereby to cause injury to Z. A has committed the offence defined in this section.
Plain English Summary
Punishes a public servant who knowingly disobeys legal directions to cause injury to any person, with up to one year of simple imprisonment, a fine, or both.
Key Legal Elements
- Accused is a public servant
- Knowingly disobeyed a direction of law regarding their conduct as a public servant
- Intended or knew it was likely that such disobedience would cause injury to some person
- Includes an illustration of executing court decrees
Punishment
Simple imprisonment up to 1 year, or fine, or both
Practical Note
This section addresses official misconduct causing injury. The prosecution must prove that the public servant knowingly disobeyed a specific direction of law and that they had the knowledge/intent that it would cause injury.
हिंदी पाठ
198. लोक सेवक द्वारा किसी व्यक्ति को क्षति पहुँचाने के आशय से विधि की अवज्ञा करना।
जो कोई लोक सेवक होते हुए, विधि के किसी ऐसे निदेश की, जो उस मार्ग के संबंध में हो जिसका लोक सेवक के रूप में उसे अनुसरण करना चाहिए, जानबूझकर अवज्ञा करेगा, इस आशय से या यह जानते हुए कि यह संभाव्य है कि वह ऐसी अवज्ञा से किसी व्यक्ति को क्षति पहुँचाएगा, वह सादा कारावास से, जिसकी अवधि एक वर्ष तक की हो सकेगी, या जुर्माने से, या दोनों से, दंडित किया जाएगा।
दृष्टांत।
क, जो एक अधिकारी है और न्यायालय द्वारा य के पक्ष में दी गई डिक्री की तुष्टि के लिए निष्पादन में संपत्ति लेने के लिए विधि द्वारा निर्देशित है, विधि के उस निदेश की जानबूझकर अवज्ञा इस ज्ञान के साथ करता है कि यह संभाव्य है कि वह तद्द्वारा य को क्षति पहुँचाएगा। क ने इस धारा में परिभाषित अपराध किया है।