law: 17. Vexatious search, seizure, etc., by excise officer.-
  (1) Any officer exercising powers under this Act or under the rules made thereunder who-
  (a) without reasonable ground of suspicion searches or causes to be searched any place, conveyance or vessel;
  (b) vexatiously and unnecessarily detains, searches or arrests any person;
  (c) vexatiously and unnecessarily seizes the movable property of any person on pretence of seizing or searching for any article liable to confiscation under this Act;
  (d) commits, as such officer, any other act to the injury of any person, without having reason to believe that such act is required for the execution of his duty; shall, for every such offence, be punishable with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees.
  (2) Any person wilfully and maliciously giving false information and so causing an arrest or a search to be made under this Act shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees, or with both.