BNS Section 258 — Commitment for trial or confinement by person having authority who knows that he is acting contrary to law
Section 258 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Commitment for trial or confinement by person having authority who knows that he is acting contrary to law”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
258. Commitment for trial or confinement by person having authority who knows that he is acting contrary to law.—Whoever, being in any office which gives him legal authority to commit persons for trial or to confinement, or to keep persons in confinement, corruptly or maliciously commits any person for trial or to confinement, or keeps any person in confinement, in the exercise of that authority knowing that in so doing he is acting contrary to law, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, or with fine, or with both. ¶
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