SECTION 31 – Public when to assist Magistrates and police.
The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Public when to assist Magistrates and police.
Public when to assist Magistrates and police.—Every person is bound to assist a Magistrate or police officer reasonably demanding his aid—
(a) in the taking or preventing the escape of any other person whom such Magistrate or police officer is authorised to arrest; or
(b) in the prevention or suppression of a breach of the peace; or
(c) in the prevention of any injury attempted to be committed to any public property.