172. (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.
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section 171 Prevention of injury to public property
Section 172 Persons bound to conform to lawful directions of police
Section 173 Information in cognizable cases
Section 174 Information as to non cognizable cases and investigation of such cases
Section 175 Police officers power to investigate cognizable case
Section 176 Procedure for investigation
Section 177 Report how submitted
Section 178 Power to hold investigation or preliminary inquiry
Section 179 Police officer's power to require attendance of witnesses