IPC § 166 · Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Repealed on 1 July 2024
Section 166 IPC — Public servant disobeying law, with intent to cause injury to any person
Replaced from 1 July 2024 by BNS 198 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. Offences committed on or before 30 June 2024 are still charged under the IPC.
The law now: BNS 198 — Public servant disobeying law, with intent to cause injury to any person
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, 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.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text. BNS 198 in full