IPC § 217 · Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Repealed on 1 July 2024
Section 217 IPC — Public servant disobeying direction of law with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture
Replaced from 1 July 2024 by BNS 255 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. Offences committed on or before 30 June 2024 are still charged under the IPC.
The law now: BNS 255 — Public servant disobeying direction of law with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture
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 thereby to save, or knowing it to be likely that he will thereby save, any person from legal punishment, or subject him to a less punishment than that to which he is liable, or with intent to save, or knowing that he is likely thereby to save, any property from forfeiture or any charge to which it is liable by law, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text. BNS 255 in full