Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Section 172

BNSS 172: a new section, with no CrPC counterpart

Section 172 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 is new: no section of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 corresponds to it. BNSS 172 deals with persons bound to conform to lawful directions of police. The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024. Its full text is set out below.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita

BNSS 172 is new.

Persons bound to conform to lawful directions of police · No CrPC section corresponds to it.

New
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XII
s. 172
Persons bound to conform to lawful directions of police
(1) All persons shall be bound to conform to the lawful directions of a police officer given in fulfilment of any of his duty under this Chapter.
(2) A police officer may detain or remove any person resisting, refusing, ignoring or disregarding to conform to any direction given by him under sub-section (1) and may either take such person before a Magistrate or, in petty cases, release him as soon as possible within a period of twenty-four hours.
Text from India Code
BNSS 171 · Prevention of injury to public property.BNSS 173 · Information in cognizable cases.

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