Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 168
Police to prevent cognizable offences
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BNSS Section 168 deals with police to prevent cognizable offences and replaces CrPC 149.
Bare act text — BNSS 168
168. Police to prevent cognizable offences.
Every police officer may interpose for the purpose of preventing, and shall, to the best of his ability, prevent, the commission of any cognizable offence.
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 168 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 168 (Police to prevent cognizable offences) replaces Section 149 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 149 is now BNSS 168.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- 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
- BNSS 167 — Local inquiry
- BNSS 169 — Information of design to commit cognizable offences
- BNSS 170 — Arrest to prevent commission of cognizable offences
- BNSS 171 — Prevention of injury to public property
- BNSS 172 — Persons bound to conform to lawful directions of police
- BNSS 173 — Information in cognizable cases