Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty
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Summary
Assaulting or using criminal force against a public servant while they are performing official duties, to stop them from doing those duties, or because they did their lawful duty, is an offence. It covers force used in the moment or to deter the servant from acting. Punishment may be imprisonment up to two years, or a fine, or both.
Example
Ravi, a shopkeeper, shoves a municipal inspector who is checking shop licences to stop the inspection. Because he used force to prevent a public servant from discharging his duty, Ravi can be prosecuted and faces up to two years imprisonment, or a fine, or both.
Bare Act
Enacted textWhoever assaults or uses criminal force to any person being a public servant in the execution of his duty as such public servant, or with intent to prevent or deter that person from discharging his duty as such public servant, or in consequence of anything done or attempted to be done by such person to the lawful discharge of his duty as such public servant, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
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