(1) Whoever—
(i) gives a gratification to any person with the object of inducing him or any other person to exercise any electoral right or of rewarding any person for having exercised any such right; or
(ii) accepts either for himself or for any other person any gratification as a reward for exercising any such right or for inducing or attempting to induce any other person to exercise any such right, commits the offence of bribery:
Provided that a declaration of public policy or a promise of public action shall not be an offence under this section.
(2) A person who offers, or agrees to give, or offers or attempts to procure, a gratification shall be deemed to give a gratification.
(3) A person who obtains or agrees to accept or attempts to obtain a gratification shall be deemed to accept a gratification, and a person who accepts a gratification as a motive for doing what he does not intend to do, or as a reward for doing what he has not done, shall be deemed to have accepted the gratification as a reward.
Legal Commentary & Landmark Judgments: Section 170
Section 170 penalizes the person in charge of a hospital, public or private, who fails to provide immediate first-aid or medical treatment free of cost to victims of rape and acid attack, prescribing imprisonment up to one year, or fine, or both.
If a private hospital demands advance cash deposits or refuses to treat a rape or acid attack victim before police arrival, cite Section 170 BNS and Section 396 BNSS: medical treatment must begin immediately; refusal is an actionable criminal offence against the hospital administrator.