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CHAPTER VI OF OFFENCES AGAINST THE STATE

Section 124: Assaulting President, Governor, etc., with intent to compel or restrain the exercise of any lawful power

The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (repealed)

Repealed by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.

Whoever, with the intention of inducing or compelling the 1[President] of India, or 2[Governor 3***] of any 4[State], 5*** 6*** 7*** to exercise or refrain from exercising in any manner any of the lawful powers of such 8[President or 2[Governor 5***]],

assaults or wrongfully restrains, or attempts wrongfully to restrain, or overawes, by means of criminal force or the show of criminal force, or attempts so to overawe, such 9[President or 2[Governor 5***]],

shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by the ibid., for “Governor General”.
  2. 2.Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Sch., for “Governor”.
  3. 3.The words “or Rajpramukh” omitted by the A. O. 1956.
  4. 4.Subs. by the A. O. 1950, for “Province” which had been subs. by the A. O. 1937, for “Presidency”.
  5. 5.The words “or a Lieutenant-Governor” omitted by the A. O. 1937.
  6. 6.The words “or a Member of the Council of the Governor General of India” omitted by the A.O. 1948.
  7. 7.The words “or of the Council of any Presidency” omitted by the A. O. 1937.
  8. 8.The words “Governor General, Governor, Lieutenant-Governor or Member of Council” have successively been amended by the A.O. 1937, the A. O. 1948 and the A. O. 1950 to read as above.
  9. 9.The words “Her Majesty or” omitted by the A.O. 1950. The words “or the Crown Representative” ins. after the word “Majesty” by the A. O. 1937 were omitted by the A. O. 1948.

Now in the BNS

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

124. Assaulting President, Governor, etc., with intent to compel or restrain the exercise of any lawful power.BNS 151

Questions on this section

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  1. 1. Under Section 151 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, assaulting the President of India or the Governor of a State with the intention of compelling him to exercise or refrain from exercising a lawful power is punishable with imprisonment which may extend to

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