Railways Act, 1989
137. Fraudulently traveling or attempting to travel
without proper pass or ticket.
(1) If any person, with intent to defraud a railway
administration,-
(a) enters or remains in any carriage on a
railway or travels in train in contravention of section 55, or
(b) uses or attempts to use a single pass or a
single ticket which has already been used on a previous journey, or in the case
of a return ticket, a half thereof which has already been so used.
he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may
extend of six months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or
with both:
Provided that in the absence of
special and adequate reasons to the contrary to be mentioned in the judgment of
the court, such punishment shall not be less than a fine of five hundred
rupees.
(2) The person referred to in sub-section (1) shall also be
liable to pay the excess charge mentioned in sub-section (3) in addition to the
ordinary single fare for the distance which he has traveled, or where there is
any doubt as to the station from which he started, the ordinary single fare
from the station from which the train originally started, or if the tickets of
passengers traveling in the train have been examined since the original
starting of the train, the ordinary single fare from the place where the
tickets were so examined or, in case of their having been examined more than
once, were last examined.
(3) The excess charge referred to in sub-section (2) shall be a
sum equal to the ordinary single fare referred to in that sub-section or fifty
rupees, whichever is more.
(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 65 of the
Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), the court convicting an offender may direct
that the person in default of payment of any fine inflicted by the court shall
suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months.