Section 171B of Indian Penal Code defines Bribery as: 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: A declaration of public policy or a promise of public action is not be an offence. A person who offers, or agrees to give, or offers or attempts to procure, a gratification is deemed to give a gratification. 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, is deemed to have accepted the gratification as a reward. | 
