Indian Penal Code, 1860
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 imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend
to three years, or with fine, or with both.