law: Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992
  22.Members, officers
  
  and employees of the Board to be public servants.- 
  All members, officers
  
  and other employees of the Board shall be deemed when acting or purporting to
  
  act in pursuance of any of the provisions of this Act, to be public servants
  
  within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).