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Section 258 - The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
258. Commitment for trial or confinement by person having authority who knows that he is acting contrary to law.
Whoever, being in any office which gives him legal authority to commit persons for trial or to confinement, or to keep persons in confinement, corruptly or maliciously commits any person for trial or to confinement, or keeps any person in confinement, in the exercise of that authority knowing that in so doing he is acting contrary to law, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, or with fine, or with both.
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- Section 100: Culpable homicide
- Section 344: Falsification of accounts
- Section 311: Robbery, or dacoity, with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt
- Section 187: Person employed in mint causing coin to be of different weight or composition from that fixed by law
- Section 320: Dishonest or Fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent distribution among creditors
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