BNS 222 — Omission to assist public servant when bound by law to give assistance.

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

222. Whoever, being bound by law to render or furnish assistance to
any public servant in the execution of his public duty, intentionally omits to
give such assistance,–
(a)  shall  be  punished  with  simple  imprisonment  for  a  term
which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to
two thousand and five hundred rupees, or with both;
(b) and where such assistance be demanded of him by a public
servant legally competent to make such demand for the purposes of
executing any process lawfully issued by a Court or of preventing the
commission  of  an  offence,  or  suppressing  a  riot,  or  affray,  or  of
apprehending  a  person  charged  with  or  guilty  of  an  offence,  or  of
having  escaped  from  lawful custody,  shall  be  punished  with  simple

imprisonment  for  a  term  which  may  extend  to  six  months,  or  with
fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both.
 Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant.

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