CHAPTER IV POWERS OF SUPERIOR OFFICERS OF POLICE AND AID TO THE MAGISTRATES AND THE POLICE
The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Every person is bound to assist a Magistrate or police officer reasonably demanding his aid—
(a) in the taking or preventing the escape of any other person whom such Magistrate or police officer is authorised to arrest; or
(b) in the prevention or suppression of a breach of the peace; or
(c) in the prevention of any injury attempted to be committed to any public property.
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
1 question in 4 of our papers cite Section 31. Try these from the free papers:
1. Under Section 31 of the BNSS, every person is bound to assist a Magistrate or police officer reasonably demanding his aid in each of the following EXCEPT: