Which CrPC section is BNSS 172?

BNSS 172 has no direct CrPC equivalent.

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BNSS Section 172: Persons bound to conform to lawful directions of police

Section 172 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 deals with persons bound to conform to lawful directions of police. It has no direct equivalent in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; it is new in the BNSS.

Text of BNSS Section 172

172. (1) All persons shall be bound to conform to the lawful directions of a police officer given in fulfilment of any of his duty under this Chapter.

(2) A police officer may detain or remove any person resisting, refusing, ignoring or disregarding to conform to any direction given by him under sub-section (1) and may either take such person before a Magistrate or, in petty cases, release him as soon as possible within a period of twenty-four hours.

INFORMATION TO THE POLICE AND THEIR POWERS TO INVESTIGATE Information in cognizable cases.

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