CrPC Section 149 is now BNSS Section 168

CrPC 149 (Police to prevent cognizable offences) → BNSS 168 Police to prevent cognizable offences

Verbatim · BNSS 168168. 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.

Read the full BNSS Section 168 →

The BNSS replaced the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 from 1 July 2024.

Old-to-new correspondence is indicative and not always one-to-one; read the new text itself.