This section covers assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003).
Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty.
Whoever 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 in 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.
What was the old IPC code for Section 132 of BNS 2023?
In the Indian Penal Code, assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty was covered in S.353.