Indian Penal Code 1860 :
Chapter IX :
Offence by or Relating to Public Servants :
Section 166 :
Public servant disobeying law, with intent to cause injury to any person:
Classification of Offence:
Offence : Public servant disobeying a direction of the law with intent to cause injury to any person.
Punishment :Simple Imprisonment for 1 year, or fine, or both.
Cognizable or Non-cognizable :Non-cognizable
Bailable or Non-bailable :Bailable
Compoundable or Non-compoundable : Non-compoundable
By Which Court Triable :Magistrate of the First class
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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 of Justice, 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.
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