Public servant status extends to tribunal and enforcement officials under the benami property framework for penal law purposes.

The Chairperson, Members and other officers and employees of the Appellate Tribunal, the Adjudicating Authority, the Approving Authority, the Initiating Officer, the Administrator and the subordinate officers are deemed to be public servants for the purposes of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code. The provision extends public servant status to personnel functioning under the benami property adjudicatory and enforcement framework.

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