Ofoffences By Or Relating To Public Servants
IPC Section 166A - Public servant disobeying direction under law
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Simple language explanation
IPC Section 166A deals with public servant disobeying direction under law.
Full official legal text
166A. Public servant disobeying direction under law. Whoever, being a public servant,--
(a) knowingly disobeys any direction of the law which prohibits him from requiring the
attendance at any place of any person for the purpose of investigation into an offence or any other
matter, or
(b) knowingly disobeys, to the prejudice of any person, any other direction of the law regulating
the manner in which he shall conduct such investigation, or
(c) fails to record any information given to him under sub -section (1) of section 154 of the Code
of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), in relation to cognizable offence punishable under section
326A, section 326B, section 354, section 354B, section 370, section 370A, section 376, section 376A,
2[section 376AB, section 376B, section 376C, section 376D, section 376DA, section 376DB] , section
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IPC Section 165A
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