Section 198: Whoever, being a public servant, knowingly disobeys any direction of the law as Public servant
to the way in which he is to conduct himself as such public servant, intending to cause, or disobeying law,
with intent to
knowing it to be likely that he will by such disobedience, cause injury to any person, shall be cause injury to
punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or any person.
with both.
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Illustration.
A, being an officer directed by law to take property in execution, in order to satisfy a
decree pronounced in Z’s favour by a Court, knowingly disobeys that direction of law, with
the knowledge that he is likely thereby to cause injury to Z. A has committed the offence
defined in this section.