law: Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
  13. Criminal misconduct by a public servant
  (1) A public servant is said to commit the
  
  offence of criminal misconduct,-
  (a) if he habitually
  
  accepts or obtains or agrees to accept or attempts to obtain from any person
  
  for himself or for any other person any gratification other than legal
  
  remuneration as a motive or reward such as is mentioned in section 7; or
  (b) if he habitually
  
  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 him, 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; or
  (c) if he dishonestly
  
  or fraudulently misappropriates or otherwise converts for his own use any
  
  property entrusted to him or under his control as a public servant or allows
  
  any other person so to do; or
  (d) if he,-
  (i) by corrupt or
  
  illegal means, obtains for himself or for any other person any valuable thing
  
  or pecuniary advantage; or
  (ii) by abusing his
  
  position as a public servant, obtains for himself or for any other person any
  
  valuable thing or pecuniary advantage; or
  (iii) while holding
  
  office as a public servant, obtains for any person any valuable thing or
  
  pecuniary advantage without any public interest; or
  (e) if he or any person 
  
  on his behalf, is in possession or has, at any time during the period of his 
  
  office, been in possession for which the public servant cannot satisfactorily 
  
  account, of pecuniary resources or property disproportionate to his known 
  
  sources of income
  Explanation.- For the purposes of
  
  this section, "known sources of income" means income received from
  
  any lawful source and such receipt has been intimated in accordance with the
  
  provisions of any law, rules or orders for the time being applicable to a
  
  public servant.
  (2) Any public servant who commits criminal
  
  misconduct shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall be not
  
  less than one year but which may extend to seven years and shall also be liable
  
  to fine.