law: Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
  8. Taking gratification, in order, by corrupt
  
  or illegal means, to influence public servant
  Whoever accepts or obtains, or agrees to
  
  accept, or attempts to obtain, from any person, for himself or for any other
  
  person, any gratification whatever as a motive or reward for inducing, by
  
  corrupt or illegal means, any public servant, whether named or otherwise, to do
  
  or to forbear to do any official act, or in the exercise of the official
  
  functions of such public servant to show favor or disfavor to any person, or to
  
  render or attempt to render any service or disservice to any person with the
  
  Central Government or any State Government or Parliament or the Legislature of
  
  any State or with any local authority, corporation or Government company
  
  referred to in clause (c) of section 2, or with any public servant, whether
  
  named or otherwise, 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.