Punishment for Public Servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury in India

Section 167 of Indian Penal Code, 1860:

Whoever, being a public servant, and being, as such public servant, charged with the preparation or translation of any document or electronic record, frames, prepares or translates, that document or electronic record in a manner which he knows or believes to be incorrect, intending thereby, to cause or knowing it to be likely that he may thereby cause injury to any person, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.

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Ingredients of offence:

The essential ingredients of the offence under Section 167 are as follows :

(1) Accused was a public servant;

(2) Accused was given charge for the preparation or translation of any document;

(3) He framed or translated it incorrectly;

(4) He did it knowingly;

(5) He did it knowingly that it will cause injury to the others.