Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
BNS 201 was IPC 167.
Public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury.
Carried over
Old wording kept in full
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. IX
s. 167
Public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury
Whoever, being a public servant, and being, as 2[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.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNS 2023 · Ch. XII
s. 201
Public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury.
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.
Text from India Code