BNS Section 151 — Assaulting President, Governor, etc., with intent to compel or restrain exercise of any lawful power
Section 151 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Assaulting President, Governor, etc., with intent to compel or restrain exercise of any lawful power”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
151. 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. ¶
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