What legal provisions apply when a public servant in India, using their position, aids a contractor in illicit activities that cause financial damage to the government while benefiting the contractor and themselves?

The public servant in this scenario would be liable under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, for criminal misconduct and abuse of official position. The contractor would also be liable under the same Act for abetting the public servant’s corruption. Both parties could face imprisonment, fines, and confiscation of ill-gotten gains.