BBanaka

BNS Section 202: Public servant unlawfully engaging in trade

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter 12: Of Offences by or Relating to Public Servants

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202. Whoever, being a public servant, and being legally bound as such public servant not to engage in trade, engages in trade, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both or with community service.

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Replaces IPC 168. IPC → BNS converterSource: BPR&D BNS–IPC corresponding section table (UP Police, 2024-06-28)

Punishment, bail and trial

202Public servant unlawfully engaging in trade.

Punishment
Simple imprisonment for 1 year, or fine, or both, or community service.
Cognizable or not
Non‑cognizable
Bailable or not
Bailable
Triable by
Magistrate of the first class

Source: BNSS First Schedule, Gazette of India, 25 December 2023, p. 172. The Schedule gives the substance of the section, not its full definition, and a State may have amended the classification for its territory. See it in the full First Schedule

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