96. Bribery of police officers, peace officers and other public officials

A person -

who offers any gratification to any police officer, peace officer, or other public official, employed in any capacity for the prosecution, detection or punishment of offenders, or to an officer of a court, as an inducement or a reward for such officer’s or official’s interfering with the due administration of justice, or procuring or facilitating the commission of any offence, or protecting from detection or punishment the perpetrator of any offence, or abusing his official powers to the injury or detriment of any person; or

who, being any such officer or official, solicits or accepts any gratification as an inducement or a reward for such interfering, procuring, facilitating, protecting, or abusing as is referred to in paragraph (a) of this section, commits an offence of bribery under this Act and on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one million rupees and to a term of rigorous imprisonment not exceeding seven years.