Section 12
Punishment For Causing Damage To Government Or Public Documents
Whoever, being a public servant, conceals a document belonging to
government or to a public institution or causes damage to, or destroys,
such document, shall be liable to a punishment of imprisonment
from six month to one year and shall be fined from ten thousand to
fifty thousand rupees. In case any loss is incurred due to such
concealment, damage or destruction, the loss shall also be recovered.