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SECTION I
Answer in not more than two sentences
Any six · , any 6 of 10 12 Marks
1.Define Public servant as per Indian Penal Code, 1860.[2]
Answer
Section 21 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 is now section 2(28) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. "Public servant" means a person falling under any of the descriptions it lists. The main ones are these.
- Every commissioned officer in the Army, Navy or Air Force.
- Every Judge, including anyone empowered by law to discharge adjudicatory functions.
- Every officer of a Court, such as a liquidator, receiver or commissioner.
- Every arbitrator to whom a matter is referred by a Court or public authority.
- Every person holding an office that empowers him to keep a person in confinement.
- Every Government officer whose duty is to prevent offences, bring offenders to justice, or protect public health, safety or convenience.
- Every officer who deals with Government property, surveys, revenue or contracts.
- Every person who prepares or revises an electoral roll, or conducts an election.
- Every person in the service or pay of the Government, a local authority, a statutory corporation, or a Government company.
Appointment does not matter. A person falling within a description is a public servant whether appointed by the Government or not (Explanation (a)).
Defective title does not matter. A person in actual possession of the post is a public servant. Any legal defect in his right to hold it does not matter (Explanation (b)).
Illustration. A Municipal Commissioner is a public servant.
Why it matters. Many offences protect or bind public servants, such as assaulting a public servant to deter him from duty (section 132).
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