BNSS 172 — Persons bound to conform to lawful directions of police

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

(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.

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