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IPC Section 332 - Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty
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Simple language explanation
IPC Section 332 deals with voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty.
Full official legal text
332. Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty. Whoever voluntarily causes
hurt to any person being a public servant in the discharge of his duty as such public servant, or with intent
to prevent or deter that person or any other public servant from discharging h is duty as such public
servant or in consequence of anything done or attempted to be done by that person in the lawful discharge
of his duty as such public servant, shall be pu nished with imprisonment of either description for a term
which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.
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