Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Chapter IX: Of Offences by or Relating to Public Servants
Section 165: [Repealed
The Indian Penal Code, 1860 was repealed and replaced by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 from 1 July 2024. It still applies to offences and proceedings from before that date.
165. [Public servant obtaining valuable thing, without consideration, from person concerned in proceeding or business transacted by such public servant.] Rep. by s. 31, ibid. 165A.[Punishment for abetment of offences defined in section 161 or section 165.] Rep. by s. 31, ibid.
Source: India Code (Legislative Department), the text of the Act as it stood before its repeal. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here.
Supreme Court judgments citing the section 165
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State of Karnataka v. T.N. Sudhakar Reddy
Whether High Court was justified in quashing the FIR registered against the Respondent in the absence of a preliminary enquiry before registration of FIR under the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988;…
- Neeraj Dutta v. State (Govt. of N.C.T. of Delhi)
- The State of Jammu & Kashmir and Others v. Dr. Saleem Ur Rehman
- Jayant Etc. v. The State of Madhya Pradesh
- Tofan Singh v. State of Tamil Nadu
- Mayank N Shah v. State of Gujarat & Anr.
- Rashmi Chopra v. The State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr.
- Govt. of NCT of Delhi v. Union of India
- Nikesh Tarachand Shah v. Union of India & Anr.
- Ms. Eera Through Dr. Manjula Krippendorf v. State (Govt. of NCT of Delhi) & Anr.
- State of Karnataka v. Selvi J. Jayalalitha & Ors.
- L. Narayana Swamy v. State of Karnataka & Ors.
- K.P. Singh v. State of NCT of Delhi
- Rajinder Singh v. State of Punjab
- Subrata Roy Sahara v. Union of India and Others
- Ajoy Acharya v. State Bureau of Inv. Against Eco. Offence
- State of Uttarakhand v. Yogendra Nath Arora
- Mohammed Ajmal Mohammad Amir Kasab @ Abu Mujahid v. State of Maharashtra
- Rajeshwar Tiwari and Ors. v. Nanda Kishore Roy
- Shakson Belthissor v. State of Kerala & Anr.
- Sayyed Shabiralli Hafizali v. State of Maharashtra
- V.V.S Rama Sharma & Ors. v. State of U.P. & Ors.
- Ravindra Kumar Madhanlal Goenka & Anr. v. M/S. Rugmini Ram Raghav Spinners P. Ltd.
- S.K. Sinha, Chief Enforcement Officer v. Mis. Videocon International Ltd. & Ors.
- Girija Prasad (Dead) by Lrs. v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- Parkash Singh Badal and Anr. v. State of Punjab and Ors.
- Lalu Prasad@ Lalu Prasad Yadav v. State of Bihar Through CBI (Ahd) Patna
- State of Goa v. Babu Thomas