Section 151 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023:Assaulting President, Governor, etc., with intent to compel or restrain exercise of any lawful power.
Assaulting President, Governor, etc., with intent to compel or restrain exercise of any lawful power.Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023
Whoever, with the intention of inducing or compelling the President of India, or
Governor of any State, to exercise or refrain from exercising in any manner any of the lawful powers of
such President or Governor, assaults or wrongfully restrains, or attempts wrongfully to restrain, or
overawes, by means of criminal force or the show of criminal force, or attempts so to overawe, such
President or Governor, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may
extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.