Section 99
Prohibition Of Making Investigation Or Prosecution Maliciously

(1) No authority responsible by law for making investigation or
prosecution shall make investigation or prosecution maliciously,
with intent to have an innocent person bear liability or to save the
real offender.
(2) A person who commits, or causes to be committed, the
offence referred to in sub-section (1) shall be liable to a sentence of
imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not
exceeding five thousand rupees or both the sentences.
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(3) Where any person suffers any kind of harm or loss from
the offence referred to in sub-section (1), he or she shall be entitled
to get compensation from such offender.