Whoever, being a public
servant, and being legally bound as such public servant, not to purchase or bid for certain property,
purchases or bids for that property, either in his own name or in the name of another, or jointly, or in
shares with others, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to two
years, or with fine, or with both; and the property, if purchased, shall be confiscated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BNS Section 203.\u00a0\u00a0 Public servant unlawfully buying or bidding for property. Whoever, being a publicservant, and being legally bound as such public servant, not to purchase or bid for certain property,purchases or bids for that property, either in his own name or in the name of another, or jointly, or inshares with others, shall be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/expertvakil.com\/indiankanoon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/the-bharatiya-nyaya-sanhita-bns-section-203.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"BNS Section 203","footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[110,119,104,109,120,105,118,108,111,112,117,121,122,113,114,115],"class_list":["post-2686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bharatiya-nyaya-sanhita-bns","tag-bharatiya-nyaya-sanhita","tag-bharatiya-nyaya-sanhita-in-english","tag-bns","tag-bns-2023","tag-bns-english","tag-bns-section","tag-bns-section-in-english","tag-bns-sections-list","tag-expert-vakil","tag-expertvakil","tag-expertvakil-bns","tag-indian-kanoon","tag-indiankanoon","tag-ishan-tathagat","tag-ishantathagat","tag-new-ipc"],"yoast_head":"\n