Section 172: Persons bound to conform to lawful directions of police

Corresponding CrPC provision

As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table

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1. 1. Section 172 BNSS, which has no counterpart in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, provides that a police officer may detain or remove a person who resists or disregards a lawful direction given by him under Chapter XII, and may:

   A.detain such person until an Executive Magistrate passes an order under Section 163B.detain such person for up to seven days without producing him before a MagistrateC.take such person before a Magistrate or, in petty cases, release him within twenty-four hoursD.impose and collect a fine from such person on the spot for disobeying the direction
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