Public servant framing incorrect record or writing with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture
Full 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.
Plain English Summary
Penalizes a public servant charged with preparing records who deliberately frames them incorrectly to cause injury, screen an offender, or protect property from forfeiture. Punishable by up to three years of imprisonment, a fine, or both.
Key Legal Elements
- The accused is a public servant charged with preparing a record or writing
- Accused framed that record or writing in a manner known to be incorrect
- Intent to cause loss/injury, screen a person from legal punishment, or protect property from forfeiture
Punishment
Up to 3 years imprisonment, fine, or both.
Practical Note
Commonly charged when public officers fabricate case diaries, panchnamas, or land records to shield a culprit or harm a party. In BNS, this remains a cognizable and bailable offense triable by a Magistrate of the First Class.
हिंदी पाठ
जो कोई लोक सेवक होते हुए और ऐसे लोक सेवक के रूप में किसी अभिलेख या अन्य लेख की तैयारी का भार अपने ऊपर रखते हुए, उस अभिलेख या लेख को ऐसे तरीके से रचेगा जिसके बारे में वह जानता हो कि वह अशुद्ध है, और इस आशय से या यह संभाव्य जानते हुए रचेगा कि तद्द्वारा जनता को या किसी व्यक्ति को हानि या क्षति कारित हो, अथवा इस आशय से या यह संभाव्य जानते हुए रचेगा कि तद्द्वारा किसी व्यक्ति को विधिपूर्ण दंड से बचाया जा सके, अथवा किसी संपत्ति को समपोरेशन या किसी ऐसे अन्य भार से बचाया जा सके जिसके लिए वह कानूनन दायी है, वह दोनों में से किसी भांति के कारावास से, जिसकी अवधि तीन वर्ष तक की हो सकेगी, या जुर्माने से, या दोनों से, दंडित किया जाएगा।