Any officer or person exercising powers under this Act who-
(a) maliciously enters or searches or causes to be entered or searched, any building or house or similar dwelling place; or
(b) vexatiously and unnecessarily seizes the property of any person on the pretence of seizing or searching for anything liable to confiscation under this Act; or
(c) vexatiously and unnecessarily detains, searches or arrests any person, or
(d) in any other way maliciously exceeds or abuses his lawful powers, shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or with fine which may extend to 1[ten thousand rupees] or with both.
(a) maliciously enters or searches or causes to be entered or searched, any building or house or similar dwelling place; or
(b) vexatiously and unnecessarily seizes the property of any person on the pretence of seizing or searching for anything liable to confiscation under this Act; or
(c) vexatiously and unnecessarily detains, searches or arrests any person, or
(d) in any other way maliciously exceeds or abuses his lawful powers, shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or with fine which may extend to 1[ten thousand rupees] or with both.
1 These words were substituted for the words "one thousand rupees" by Mah. 52 of 2005, s. 32.