Section 267: Intentional insult or interruption to public servant sitting in judicial proceeding

Corresponding IPC 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

Questions on this section

2 questions in 10 of our papers cite Section 267. Try these from the free papers:

1. 1. During a sitting of a Criminal Court (not a High Court), X intentionally insults the presiding Judge in the Court's presence, an offence under Section 267 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. The Judge is of the opinion that X should be imprisoned otherwise than in default of payment of fine. What is the proper course?

   A.Take no action, since such an offence committed before a Court can be tried only by the High CourtB.Sentence X under Section 384 of the BNSS to simple imprisonment for six months as a substantive sentenceC.Try X himself in a regular trial for the offence under Section 267 of the BNSD.Forward the case to a Magistrate having jurisdiction to try it, under Section 385 of the BNSS
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