Less heinous offences.

Every officer of the Force who - (a) assaults or uses or attempts to use criminal force against any sentry; or (b) being in command of a guard, picquet or patrol, refuses to receive any prisoner or person lawfully made over to his charge or whether in such command or not, releases any prisoner or person without proper authority or negligently suffers any prisoner or person to escape; or (c) being in command of a guard, picquet or patrol, permits any person belonging to such guard, picquet or patrol to engage himself in gambling or other behaviour prejudicial to good order and discipline; or (d) being under arrest or in confinement leaves the place of his arrest or confinement, before he is set at liberty by lawful authority; or (e) is grossly insubordinate or insolent to his superior officer in the execution of his office; or (f) maligns, feigns or produces disease or infirmity in himself or intentionally delays his cure or aggravates his disease or infirmity; or (g) maligns or disparages a superior officer or refers to him in derogatory terms either orally or in writing; or (h) refuses to superintend or assist in the making or carrying out of any construction of any description ordered to be made either in quarters or in the field; or (i) assaults or otherwise ill-treats any officer of the Force with reference to whom he is a superior officer; or (j) designedly or through neglect damages or loses or fraudulently or without due authority disposes of his arms, clothes, tools, equipment, ammunition, accoutrements or other necessaries furnished to him for the execution of his office or any such article entrusted to him or to any other person; or (k) with intent to render himself or any other person unfit for duty voluntarily causes hurt to himself or any other person; or (l) wilfully or negligently ill-treats, injures or causes the death of any animal or damages, loses or takes away any animal or vehicle used in the public service; shall be punishable with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine, which may extend to five hundred rupees or, with both.