Section 71. Any Excise officer who without reasonable ground of suspicion, searches or causes to be searched any

71. Any Excise officer who without reasonable ground of suspicion, searches or causes to be searched any house, boat, or other place, or vexatiously and unnecessarily seizes the moveable property of any person, on the pretence of seizing or searching for any spirituous liquors or intoxicating drugs liable to confiscation under this Act, or vexatiously and unnecessarily arrests any person, or commits any other excess not required for the execution of his duty, shall for every such offence be punished with fine not exceeding five hundred rupees. Such fine, or any part thereof, may be paid to the person aggrieved.