BNS Section 267 — Intentional insult or interruption to public servant sitting in judicial proceeding
Section 267 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Intentional insult or interruption to public servant sitting in judicial proceeding”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
267. Intentional insult or interruption to public servant sitting in judicial proceeding.— Whoever, intentionally offers any insult, or causes any interruption to any public servant, while such public servant is sitting in any stage of a judicial proceeding, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both. ¶
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