Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
13. Criminal misconduct by a public servant
(1) A public servant is said to commit the
offence of criminal misconduct,-
(a) if he habitually
accepts or obtains or agrees to accept or attempts to obtain from any person
for himself or for any other person any gratification other than legal
remuneration as a motive or reward such as is mentioned in section 7; or
(b) if he habitually
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 him, 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; or
(c) if he dishonestly
or fraudulently misappropriates or otherwise converts for his own use any
property entrusted to him or under his control as a public servant or allows
any other person so to do; or
(d) if he,-
(i) by corrupt or
illegal means, obtains for himself or for any other person any valuable thing
or pecuniary advantage; or
(ii) by abusing his
position as a public servant, obtains for himself or for any other person any
valuable thing or pecuniary advantage; or
(iii) while holding
office as a public servant, obtains for any person any valuable thing or
pecuniary advantage without any public interest; or
(e) if he or any person
on his behalf, is in possession or has, at any time during the period of his
office, been in possession for which the public servant cannot satisfactorily
account, of pecuniary resources or property disproportionate to his known
sources of income
Explanation.- For the purposes of
this section, "known sources of income" means income received from
any lawful source and such receipt has been intimated in accordance with the
provisions of any law, rules or orders for the time being applicable to a
public servant.
(2) Any public servant who commits criminal
misconduct shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall be not
less than one year but which may extend to seven years and shall also be liable
to fine.