PPC § 166 — Public servant disobeying law, with intent to cause injury to any person

Statutory text (English)

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Whoever, being a public servant, knowingly disobeys any direction of the law as to the way in which
he is to conduct himself as such public servant, intending to cause, or knowing it to be likely that he
will, by such disobedience, cause injury to any person, shall be punished with simple imprisonment
for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.
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(2) Whoever being a public servant entrusted with the investigation of a case fails to carry
out the investigation properly or diligently or fails to pursue the case in any court of law properly and
in breach of his duties shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may
extend to three years or with fine or with both.]

Illustration
A, being an officer directed by law to take property in execution, in order to satisfy a decree
pronounced in Z’s favour by a Court of Justice, knowingly disobeys that direction of law, with the
knowledge that he is likely thereby to cause injury to Z. A has committed the offence defined in this
section.

Source and verification

Source citation: PPC (Act XLV of 1860) s.166: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE PAKISTAN PENAL CODE' (Act No. XLV of 1860), p. 71, ingested 2026-09-15. Automated transcription from official source (pypdf extraction, audited artifact repair); human admin re-check required before production.

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