This section covers refusing to sign statement in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003).
Refusing to sign statement. Whoever refuses to sign any statement made by him, when required to sign that statement by a public servant legally competent to require that he shall sign that statement, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to three thousand rupees, or with both.
Read also: Section 104 in THE BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023 – BNS
What was the old IPC code for Section 215 of BNS 2023?
In the Indian Penal Code, refusing to sign statement was covered in S. 180*.