law: Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
  11. Public servant obtaining valuable thing,
  
  without consideration from person concerned in proceeding or business
  
  transacted by such public servant
  Whoever, being a public servant, accepts or
  
  obtains or agrees to accept or attempts to obtain for himself, or for any other
  
  person, any valuable thing without consideration, or for a consideration which
  
  he knows to be inadequate, from any person whom he knows to have been, or to
  
  be, or to be likely to be concerned in any proceeding or business transacted or
  
  about to be transacted by such public servant, or having any connection with
  
  the official functions of himself or of any public servant to whom he is
  
  subordinate, or from any person whom he knows to be interested in or related to
  
  the person so concerned, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which
  
  shall be not less than six months but which may extend to five years and shall
  
  also be liable to fine.