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IPC Section 220 - Commitment for trial or confinement by person having authority who knows that he is
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IPC Section 220 deals with commitment for trial or confinement by person having authority who knows that he is.
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220. Commitment for trial or confinement by person having authority who knows that he is
acting contrary to law .--Whoever, being in any office which gives him legal a uthority to commit
persons for trial or to confinement, or to keep persons in confinement, corruptly or maliciously commits
any person for trial or to confinement, or keeps any person in confinement, in the exercise of that
authority knowing that in so doi ng he is acting contrary to law, shall be punished with imprisonment of
either description for a term which may extend to seven years, or with fine, or with both.
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