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(a) A, a Collector, 'hires, a house of 2, who has a settlement case pending before, him. It
is agreed that A shall pay fifty rupees a month, then house being; such that, if the bargain
were made in good faith, A would be required to pay two hundred rupees a month. A has
obtained a valuable thing from Z without adequate consideration.
{b)A, a Judge, buys of Z, who has a case pending in A's Court, Government promissorynotes at a discount, when they are selling in the market at a premium. A has obtained a
valuable thing from Z without adequate consideration.
(c) Z's brother is apprehended and taken before A a Magistrate, on a charge of perjury. A
sells to Z shares in a bank at a premium, when they are selling in the market at a discount.
Z pays A for the shares accordingly. The money so obtained by A is a valuable thing
obtained by him without adequate consideration,
165-A, Punishment for abetment of offences defined in Sections 161 and 165:
Whoever abets any offence punishable under Section 161 or Section 165 shall, whether
the offence abetted is or is not committed in consequence of the abetment, be punished
with the punishment provided for the offence.
Sec. 165-A ins. by the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, XXXVII of 1953
165-B. Certain abettors excepted : A person shall be deemed not to abet an offence
punishable under Section 161 or Section 165 if he is induced, compelled, coerced, or
intimidated to offer or give any such gratification as is referred to in Section 161 for any of
the purposes mentioned therein, or any valuable thing without consideration, or for an
inadequate consideration, to any such public servant as is referred to in Section 165.
Sec, 165-B inst. by the Pakistan Penal Code (Amendment) Ordinance, LIX of 1962.
166. Public servant disobeying law, with intent to cause injury to any person:
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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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.
167. Public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury:
Whoever, being a public servant, and being, as such public servant, charged with the
preparation or translation of any document, frames or translates that document 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