BNS Section 214 — Refusing to answer public servant authorised to question
Section 214 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Refusing to answer public servant authorised to question”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
214. Refusing to answer public servant authorised to question.—Whoever, being legally bound to state the truth on any subject to any public servant, refuses to answer any question demanded of him touching that subject by such public servant in the exercise of the legal powers of such public servant, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both. ¶
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