Landmark case · Law of Crimes · Semester 2
Prem Chand v. Union of India
AIR 1981 SC 613 · Supreme Court of India
A public servant who disobeys a direction of law with intent to cause injury is punishable; bona fide discharge of duty is a defence.
From topic
Offences by or relating to public servants and false evidence — Unit IV, Law of Crimes.
Related sections:
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, 198–205 — Offences by or relating to public servants (IPC 166–171)
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, 227 — Giving false evidence (IPC 191)
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, 229 — Punishment for false evidence (IPC 193)
- Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, 80 — Notice before suit against government — contrast with criminal process