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Refusing to sign statement
BNS section 215 pertains to the offense of refusing to sign a statement when required to do so by a public servant legally authorized to demand it.
Whoever refuses to sign any statement made by him, when required to sign that statement by a public servant legally competent to require that he shall sign that statement, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to three thousand rupees, or with both.
Offence : Refusing to sign a statement made to a public servant when legally required to do so.
Punishment : Simple imprisonment for 3 months, or fine of 3,000 rupees, or both.
Cognizable or Non-cognizable : Non-cognizable.
Bailable or Non-bailable : Bailable.
By what Court triable : The Court in which the offence is committed, subject to the provisions of Chapter XXVIII; or, if not committed, in a Court, any Magistrate.
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