Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
11. Public servant obtaining valuable thing,
without consideration from person concerned in proceeding or business
transacted by such public servant
Whoever, being a public servant, accepts or
obtains or agrees to accept or attempts to obtain for himself, or for any other
person, any valuable thing without consideration, or for a consideration which
he knows to be inadequate, from any person whom he knows to have been, or to
be, or to be likely to be concerned in any proceeding or business transacted or
about to be transacted by such public servant, or having any connection with
the official functions of himself or of any public servant to whom he is
subordinate, or from any person whom he knows to be interested in or related to
the person so concerned, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which
shall be not less than six months but which may extend to five years and shall
also be liable to fine.