## IPC 175

### IPC 175 — Omission to produce document to public servant by person legally bound to produce it
- https://unisonlegal.in/statutes/ipc/175

> 175. Omission to produce document to public servant by person legally bound to produce it.-
Whoever, being legally bound to produce or deliver up any 5[document or electronic record] to any public
servant, as such, intentionally omits so to produce or deliver up the same, shall be punished with simple
imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to five hundred
rupees, or with both;
or, if the 5[document or electronic record] is to be produced or delivered up to a Court of Justice, with
simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to one
thousand rupees, or with both.
Illustration
A, being legally bound to produce a document before a 6[District Court], intentionally omits to produce the same. A has
committed the offence defined in this section.

1. Subs. by Act 21 of 2000, s. 91 and the First Sch., for "to produce a document in a Court of Justice" (w.e.f. 17-10-2000).
2. Subs. by the A. O. 1950, for "Supreme Court".
3. Subs. ibid., for "Zila Judge".
4. Ins. by Act 25 of 2005, s. 44 (w.e.f. 23-6-2006).
5. Subs. by Act 21 of 2000, s. 91 and the First Sch., for "document" (w.e.f. 17-10-2000).
6. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for "Zila Court".
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