Indian Penal Code (IPC) S. 166A. Public servant disobeying direction under law.
[i][166-A. 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 154 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), in relation to cognizable offence punishable under Section 326-A, Section 326-B, Section 354, Section 354-B, Section 370, Section 370-A, Section 376, Section 376-A, [ii][Section 376-AB, Section 376-B, Section 376-C, Section 376-D, Section 376-DA, Section 376-DB], Section 376-E or Section 509,
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.
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Cognizable or not? |
Cognizable |
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Whether Bailable? |
Bailable |
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Compoundable or not? |
Not compoundable |
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Triable by whom? |
Magistrate of the first class |
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[i] Inserted by Act 13 of 2013, S. 3 (w.r.e.f. 3-2-2013).
[ii] Substituted for “Section 376-B, Section 376-C, Section 376-D” by Act 22 of 2018, S. 2 (w.r.e.f. 21-4-2018).
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