This section covers resistance to the taking of property by the lawful authority of a public servant in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003).
Resistance to taking of property by lawful authority of a public servant. Whoever offers any resistance to the taking of any property by the lawful authority of any public servant, knowing or having reason to believe that he is such public servant, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees, or with both.
Read also: Section 104 in THE BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023 – BNS
What was the old IPC code for Section 218 of BNS 2023?
In the Indian Penal Code, resistance to the taking of property by the lawful authority of a public servant was covered in S. 183*.