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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 covers a public servant who knowingly disobeys a…

Section 255 applies when a public servant knowingly disobeys a legal direction governing official conduct with the intent or knowledge specified in the provision. The intent…

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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 covers a public servant who knowingly disobeys a legal direction governing official conduct, intending to save someone from legal punishment or property from forfeiture?

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Section 255 applies when a public servant knowingly disobeys a legal direction governing official conduct with the intent or knowledge specified in the provision.

The intent to save a person from legal punishment or property from forfeiture satisfies the stated purpose in the question.

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Option A

Section 253 concerns harbouring an offender who escaped from custody or whose apprehension has been ordered.

Option B

Section 255 covers the described knowing disobedience of a legal direction for the specified purpose.

Option C

Section 256 concerns framing an incorrect record or writing with specified intent or knowledge.

Option D

Section 257 concerns a public servant corruptly or maliciously making a report, order, verdict or decision known to be contrary to law at a stage of a judicial proceeding.

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