BNS Section 204 – Public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury
Chapter 12: Offences by or Relating to Public Servants ·
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
BNS Section 204
IPC S.167
✓ Bailable
Non-Cognizable
⚖ Magistrate Court
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.
ℹ️ Classification & Key Notes
Up to 3 years or fine or both. Non-cognizable. Bailable. Triable by Magistrate of first class.
