Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
BNS 151 was IPC 124.
Assaulting President, Governor, etc., with intent to compel or restrain exercise of any lawful power.
Carried over
91% of the old wording kept
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. VI
s. 124
Assaulting President, Governor, etc., with intent to compel or restrain the exercise of any lawful power
Whoever, with the intention of inducing or compelling the 4[President] of India, or 5[Governor 6***] of any 7[State], 8*** 9*** 10*** to exercise or refrain from exercising in any manner any any of the lawful powers of such 11[President or 5[Governor 6***]], assaults or wrongfully restrains, or attempts wrongfully to restrain, or overawes, by means of criminal force or the show of criminal force, or attempts so to overawe, such 11[President or 5[Governor 6***]], shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNS 2023 · Ch. VII
s. 151
Assaulting President, Governor, etc., with intent to compel or restrain exercise of any lawful power.
Whoever, with the intention of inducing or compelling the President of India, or Governor of any State, to exercise or refrain from exercising in any manner any of the lawful powers of such President or Governor, assaults or wrongfully restrains, or attempts wrongfully to restrain, or overawes, by means of criminal force or the show of criminal force, or attempts so to overawe, such President or Governor, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Text from India Code