Section 167 · Public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury
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Whoever, being
a public servant, and being, as 1
[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.
The offence at a glance
- Punishment
- up to 3 years, fine (no stated ceiling)
- Cognizable
- Cognizable
- Bailable
- Bailable
- Compoundable
- Not compoundable
- Triable by
- Magistrate of the first class
- Cognizable — Police may arrest without a warrant
- Bailable — Bail is your right — it can be granted at the police station
From the First Schedule to the BNSS (the CrPC's, for IPC offences)
In the new law
IPC 167BNS 201
201. Public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury.
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How this section has changed
The law that applies is the law as it stood on the date of the offence — which is why this timeline matters.
- 2000SubstitutedIn force from:
By: Act 21 of 2000
With effect from 17-10-2000.
The text in force on the date of the offence is the text that applies — a later amendment does not reach back.