BNS204
BNS Section 204: Personating a public servant
Punishment punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to three years and with fine
Copied verbatim from the section text below.
Arrest, bail & court
- Cognizable · Non-bailable · Any Magistrate
From the BNSS, 2023, First Schedule (machine-extracted; check the Schedule for anything consequential).
Verbatim · BNS204. Personating a public servant.— Whoever pretends to hold any particular office as a public servant, knowing that he does not hold such office or falsely personates any other person holding such office, and in such assumed character does or attempts to do any act under colour of such office, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to three years and with fine.
Cite as: Section 204, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023)