law: Railways Act, 1989
  142. Penalty for transfer of tickets. 
  (1) If any person not being a railway servant or an agent
  
  authorized in this behalf- 
  (a) sells or attempts to sell any ticket or
  
  any half of a return ticket; or
  (b) parts or attempts to part with the
  
  possession of a return ticket against which reservation of a seat or berth has
  
  been made or any half of a return ticket or a season ticket, in order to enable
  
  any other person to travel therewith, he shall be punishable with imprisonment
  
  for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to
  
  five hundred rupees, or with both, and shall also forfeit the ticket which he
  
  sells or attempts to sell or parts or attempts to part. 
  (2) If any person purchases any ticket referred to in clause (a)
  
  of sub-section (1) or obtains the possession of any tickets referred to in
  
  clause (b) of that sub-section from any person other than a railway servant or
  
  an agent authorized in this behalf, he shall be punishable with imprisonment
  
  for a term which may extend to three months and with fine which may extend to
  
  five hundred rupees and if the purchaser or holder of any ticket aforesaid
  
  travels or attempts to travel therewith, he shall forfeit the ticket which he
  
  so purchased or obtained and shall be deemed to be traveling without a proper
  
  ticket and shall be liable to be dealt with under section 138 :
  Provided  that in the absence of special and adequate
  
  reasons to the contrary to be mentioned in the judgment of the court, the
  
  punishment under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) shall not be less than a
  
  fine of two hundred and fifty rupees.