Indian Telegraph Act, 1885
27. Telegraph officer fraudulently sending messages
without payment
If any telegraph officer transmits by telegraph any message on
which the charge prescribed by the 16[Central Government], or by a
person licensed under this Act, as the case may be, has not been paid, intending
thereby to defraud the 20[Central Government] or that person, he
shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years,
or with fine, or with both.