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Section 151 BNS — Assaulting President, Governor, etc., with intent to compel or restrain exercise of any lawful power

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 · Official PDF page 48

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151.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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