BNSS168
BNSS Section 168: Police to prevent cognizable offences
Ch XII · Preventive Action of the Police
Gazette p.66
Verbatim · BNSS168. Police to prevent cognizable offences.—Every police officer may interpose for the purpose of preventing, and shall, to the best of his ability, prevent, the commission of any cognizable offence.
Corresponds (indicatively) to CrPC 149 of the repealed Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC → BNSS table
Cite as: Section 168, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 46 of 2023)