BNS151
BNS Section 151: Assaulting President, Governor, etc., with intent to compel or restrain exercise of any lawful power
Ch VII · Of Offences Against the State
Gazette p.60
Punishment punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine
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Arrest, bail & court
- Cognizable · Non-bailable · Court of Session
From the BNSS, 2023, First Schedule (machine-extracted; check the Schedule for anything consequential).
Verbatim · BNS151. Assaulting President, Governor, etc., with intent to compel or restrain exercise of any lawful power.— Whoever, with the intention of inducing or compelling the President of India, or Governor of any State, to exercise or refrain from exercising in any manner any of the lawful powers of such President or Governor, 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 President or Governor, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Cite as: Section 151, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023)