Section 17
Punishment For Damaging Public Property
Whoever, being a public
servant, misappropriates, causes loss to or abuses or causes others to do
so, or destroys or uses for personal purposes, while performing his/her
duties pertaining to his/her office, shall be liable to be punished pursuant
to Section 3 and the property which has been misappropriated, damaged,
misused or destroyed or caused others to do so, shall be recovered from him/her.