IPC Section 169 — Public servant unlawfully buying or bidding for property

Summary

A public servant who is legally required not to buy or bid for a specific property, but does so anyway—either in their own name, someone else’s name, jointly, or in shares with others—can be punished with simple imprisonment for up to two years, a fine, or both. If the property was purchased, it will also be taken away by the government.

Official Text

Whoever, being a public servant, and being legally bound as such public servant, not to purchase or bid for certain property, purchases or bids for that property, either in his own name or in the name of another, or jointly, or in shares with others, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both; and the property, if purchased, shall be confiscated.

Related Judgments

• ...Petitioner vs 1.The Secretary, — Madras High Court (2013)
• .. Petitioner/Sole accused vs 1.The Deputy Superintendent of Police, — Madras High Court ()
• .. Petitioner/Petitioner vs 1. P.Angamuthu — Madras High Court (2011)
• UNION OF INDIA v. SA VJIRAM AND ANR. DECEMBER 17, 2003 B — Supreme Court of India (S)
• SUNIL BALKRISHNA BHOIR v. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA MAY 15, 2007 — Supreme Court of India (2007)
• CHANDRA BIHARI GAUTAM AND ORS v. STATE OF BIHAR APRIL 15, 2002 B — Supreme Court of India (2002)
• S.C.R. 583 583 TOFAN SINGH v. STATE OF TAMIL NADU — Supreme Court of India (2020)
• STATE OF WEST BENGAL v. SHYAMADAS 1211 BANERJEE & ANOTHER — Supreme Court of India (2008)

Old <-> New Code Mapping

• BNS §203 — Public servant unlawfully buying or bidding for property