# Judgments construing Section 217 of The Indian Penal Code, 1860

10 judgments in this corpus construe Section 217 of The Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Public servant disobeying direction of law with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture, the ones the courts themselves rely on most listed first.

Canonical: https://unisonlegal.in/browse/acts/ipc/217

Showing 1–10 of 10, ordered by how often this corpus itself cites each judgment.

## The section itself

- [Section 217 of The Indian Penal Code, 1860](https://unisonlegal.in/statutes/ipc/217) — Public servant disobeying direction of law with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture

## The judgments

- [Bilkis Yakub Rasool v. Union of India & Others](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/bilkis-yakub-rasool-v-union-of-india-others-37486) — 2024 INSC 24 · cited by 6 · names the section once, first at printed page 22
- [NASIB SINGH v. THE STATE OF PUNJAB & ANR](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/nasib-singh-v-the-state-of-punjab-anr-35283) — [2021] 13 S.C.R. 566 · cited by 6 · names the section 3 times, first at printed page 11
- [K.P. Tamilmaran v. The State by Deputy Superintendent of Police](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/k-p-tamilmaran-v-the-state-by-deputy-superintendent-of-police-38363) — 2025 INSC 576 · cited by 1 · names the section 14 times, first at printed page 1
- [(2023) 9 ILRA 1048](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/allahabad-high-court/bhanwar-singh-karamvir-v-state-of-u-p-50724) — cited by 1 · names the section once, first at printed page 5
- [Umesh Pratap Singh v. State of U.P. & Ors](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/allahabad-high-court/umesh-pratap-singh-v-state-of-u-p-ors-47744) — (2022) 10 ILRA 45 · cited by 1 · names the section 2 times, first at printed page 2
- [Rajendra Nath Bajpai v. State of U.P. & Anr](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/allahabad-high-court/rajendra-nath-bajpai-v-state-of-u-p-anr-45634) — (2020) 2 ILRA 1151 · cited by 1 · names the section 4 times, first at printed page 3
- [[2014] 14 S.C.R. 1124](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/14-s-c-r-1124-r-n-agarwal-v-r-c-bansal-ors-29669) — cited by 1 · names the section once, first at printed page 6
- [Sri Shrikanth NS & Ors v. K. Munivenkatappa & Anr](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/sri-shrikanth-ns-ors-v-k-munivenkatappa-anr-38257) — 2025 INSC 557 · names the section once, first at printed page 5
- [V. RAJARAM v. STATE REPRESENTED BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE CBI/SCB](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/v-rajaram-v-state-represented-by-the-inspector-of-police-cbi-scb-33306) — [2019] 14 S.C.R. 977 · names the section 25 times, first at printed page 4
- [UNION OF INDIA THROUGH MAJOR GENERAL H.C. PATHAK v. MAJOR S.K. SHARMA](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/union-of-india-through-major-general-h-c-pathak-v-major-s-k-sharma-9750) — [1987] 3 S.C.R. 456 · names the section once, first at printed page 5

## Elsewhere

- [Every section of The Indian Penal Code, 1860](https://unisonlegal.in/browse/acts/ipc)