BNS §199

Public servant disobeying direction under law

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Old law
IPC §166A
Public servant disobeying direction under law

1[166A. Public servant disobeying direction under law.—Whoever, being a public servant,— (a) knowingly disobeys any direction of the law which prohibits him from requiring the attendance at any place of any person for the purpose of investigation into an offence or any other matter, or (b) knowingly disobeys, to the prejudice of any person, any other direction of the law regulating the manner in which he shall conduct such investigation, or (c) fails to record any information given to him under sub-section

(1) of section 154 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), in relation to cognizable offence punishable under section 326A, section 326B, section 354, section 354B, section 370, section 370A, section 376, section 376A, 2[section 376AB, section 376B, section 376C, section 376D, section 376DA, section 376DB], section 376E or section 509, shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to two years, and shall also be liable to fine.

New law
BNS §199
Public servant disobeying direction under law

Whoever, being a public servant,—

(a) knowingly disobeys any direction of the law which prohibits him from requiring the attendance at any place of any person for the purpose of investigation into an offence or any other matter; or

(b) knowingly disobeys, to the prejudice of any person, any other direction of the law regulating the manner in which he shall conduct such investigation; or

(c) fails to record any information given to him under sub-section (1) of section 173 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in relation to cognizable offence punishable under section 64, section 65, section 66, section 67, section 68, section 70, section 71, section 74, section 76, section 77, section 79, section 124, section 143 or section 144,

shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to two years, and shall also be liable to fine.

What changedAI-inferred

IPC 166A and BNS 199 carry the public-servant-disobeying-direction offence's three-clause structure (a)-(c) and the rigorous-imprisonment-not-less-than-six-months-but-may-extend-to-two-years punishment with mandatory fine. Two textually observable changes: (1) Sub-clause (c) updates the procedural-statute reference from 'sub-section (1) of section 154 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973' to 'sub-section (1) of section 173 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023' — pointer maintenance reflecting the CrPC → BNSS transition; (2) The cognizable-offence list in (c) is a new BNS-section list (64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 74, 76, 77, 79, 124, 143, 144). The BNS list adds BNS 77 (voyeurism — formerly IPC 354C), which had NO counterpart in IPC 166A's list. The set extension at the FIR-recording-duty layer is a substantive scope expansion. The mapping between IPC and BNS section identifiers is otherwise preservative: the IPC 376 family consolidates into BNS 64-71; IPC 326A/326B → BNS 124; IPC 370/370A → BNS 143/144; IPC 354/354B/509 → BNS 74/76/79.

Old position

IPC 166A is concerned with Public servant disobeying direction under law. 1[166A

New position

BNS 199 modifies the framework. Topic: Public servant disobeying direction under law. Whoever, being a public servant,

IPC 166A and BNS 199 carry the public-servant-disobeying-direction offence's three-clause structure (a)-(c) and the rigorous-imprisonment-not-less-than-six-months-but-may-extend-to-two-years punishment with mandatory fine. Two textually observable changes: (1) Sub-clause (c) updates the...

Editorial deltaAI-indicated (source-linked)

BNS-199 reproduces IPC-166A's framework on public servant disobeying direction under law character-identically. Historical-amendment brackets are incorporated as plain text. Punishment levels are preserved.

Transitional note (repeal & savings)

For matters initiated before 1 July 2024, IPC 166A continues to apply. For matters from that date forward, BNS 199 applies. The transition is governed by the repeal-and-savings clause in the new code (BNS 358 / BNSS 531 / BSA 170 as the case may be); pending proceedings under the old code carry forward unaffected.

Frequently asked

BNS 199 (Public servant disobeying direction under law). The relationship is classified as modified — see the change-note above for the textual delta.

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Newlaws.in, IPC §166A → BNS §199 Mapping Page, last updated 2026-05-01, accessed 2026-06-14, https://newlaws.in/bns/199.

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