Section 172 of THE BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023 – BNSS

Persons bound to conform to lawful directions of police.

  1. (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