Section 171 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita Act: Prevention of injury to public property.
Prevention of injury to public property. Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023
A police officer may of his own authority interpose to prevent any injury attempted to be committed in his view to any public property, movable or immovable, or the removal or injury of any public landmark, buoy or other mark used for navigation.