BNS: Protection From Public Servants acts & Police Excesses

Section 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.

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.

Section 199.Public servant disobeying Direction under law.

Whoever, being a public servant,—

(a) knowingly disobeys any direction of the law which prohibits him from requiring the attendance at any place of any person for the purpose of investigation into an offence or any other matter; or

(b) knowingly disobeys, to the prejudice of any person, any other direction of the law regulating the manner in which he shall conduct such investigation; or

(c) fails to record any information given to him under sub-section (1) of section 173 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in relation to cognizable offence punishable under section 64, section 65, section 66, section 67, section 68, section 70, section 71, section 74, section 76, section 77, section 79, section 124, section 143 or section 144,

shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six

months but which may extend to two years, and shall also be liable to fine.