What is Taking gratification, for exercise of personal influence with public servant? What is Punishment for abetment by public servant of offences defined in section 8 or 9? Section 9 and 10 of Prevention of Corruption Act 1988

Taking gratification, for exercise of personal influence with public servant and Punishment for abetment by public servant of offences defined in section 8 or 9 are defined under section 9 and 10 of Prevention of Corruption Act 1988. Provisions under these Sections are:

 

 

Section 9 of Prevention of Corruption Act "Taking gratification, for exercise of personal influence with public servant"

Section 9. Whoever accepts or obtains or agrees to accept or attempts to obtain, from any person, for himself or for any other person, any gratification whatever, as a motive or reward for inducing, by the exercise of personal influence, any public servant whether named or otherwise to do or to forbear to do any official act, or in the exercise of the official functions of such public servant to show favour or disfavour to any person, or to render or attempt to render any service or disservice to any person with the Central Government or any State Government or Parliament or the Legislature of any State or with any local authority, corporation or Government company referred to in clause (c) of section 2, or with any public servant, whether named or otherwise, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall be not less than three years but which may extend to seven years and shall also be liable to fine.

 

Section 10 of Prevention of Corruption Act "Punishment for abetment by public servant of offences defined in section 8 or 9"

Section 10. Whoever, being a public servant, in respect of whom either of the offences defined in section 8 or section 9 is committed, abets the offence, whether or not that offence is committed in consequence of that abetment, 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.