Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 161
Injunction pending inquiry
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BNSS Section 161 deals with injunction pending inquiry and replaces CrPC 142.
Bare act text — BNSS 161
161. Injunction pending inquiry.
(1) If a Magistrate making an order under section 152 considers that immediate measures should be taken to prevent imminent danger or injury of a serious kind to the public, he may issue such an injunction to the person against whom the order was made, as is required to obviate or prevent such danger or injury pending the determination of the matter.
(2) In default of such person forthwith obeying such injunction, the Magistrate may himself use, or cause to be used, such means as he thinks fit to obviate such danger or to prevent such injury.
(3) No suit shall lie in respect of anything done in good faith by a Magistrate under this section.
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 161 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 161 (Injunction pending inquiry) replaces Section 142 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 142 is now BNSS 161.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 156 — Procedure where existence of public right is denied
- BNSS 157 — Procedure where person against whom order is made under section 152 appears to show-cause
- BNSS 158 — Power of Magistrate to direct local investigation and examination of an expert
- BNSS 159 — Power of Magistrate to furnish written instructions, etc
- BNSS 160 — Procedure on order being made absolute and consequences of disobedience
- BNSS 162 — Magistrate may prohibit repetition or Continuance of public nuisance
- BNSS 163 — Power to issue order in urgent cases of nuisance or apprehended danger
- BNSS 164 — Procedure where dispute concerning land or water is likely to cause breach of peace
- BNSS 165 — Power to attach subject of dispute and to appoint receiver
- BNSS 166 — Dispute concerning right of use of land or water