BNS201
BNS Section 201: Public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury
Punishment punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both
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Arrest, bail & court
- Cognizable · Bailable · Magistrate of the first class
From the BNSS, 2023, First Schedule (machine-extracted; check the Schedule for anything consequential).
Verbatim · BNS201. Public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury.— Whoever, being a public servant, and being, as such public servant, charged with the preparation or translation of any document or electronic record, frames, prepares or translates that document or electronic record in a manner which he knows or believes to be incorrect, intending thereby to cause or knowing it to be likely that he may thereby cause injury to any person, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.
Cite as: Section 201, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023)