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Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by use of acid, etc. Voluntarily throwing or attempting to throw acid. "166A. Whoever, being a public servant,- (a) knowingly disobeys any direction of the law which prohibits him from requiring the attendance at any place of any person for the purpose of investigation into an offence or any other matter, or (b) knowingly disobeys, to the prejudice ofany person, any other direction ofthe law regulating the manner in which he shall conduct such investigation, or (c) fails to record any information given to him under sub-section (1) of section 154 ofthe Code ofCriminal Procedure, 1973, in relation to cognizable 2 of 1974. offence punishable under section 326A, section 326B, section 354, section 354B, section 370, section 370A, section 376, section 376A, section 376B, section 376C, section 3760, section 376E or section 509, shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to two years, and shall also be liable to fme.