Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Chapter X: Of Contempts of the Lawful Authority of Public Servants
Section 186: Obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions
The Indian Penal Code, 1860 was repealed and replaced by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 from 1 July 2024. It still applies to offences and proceedings from before that date.
Whoever voluntarily obstructs any public servant in the discharge of his public functions, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.
Corresponding sections were matched by comparing the wording of both official texts, and for the IPC and BNS, also against a published correspondence table. Wording, punishments and structure often changed, so read both sections before relying on the match.
Source: India Code (Legislative Department), the text of the Act as it stood before its repeal. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here.
Supreme Court judgments citing the section 186
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Devendra Kumar v. The State (Nct of Delhi) & Anr.
High Court affirmed the order passed by the CMM directing registration of the FIR against the petitioner for offences punishable u/ss.186 and 341, Penal Code, 1860. Whether the CMM erred in involving the police in a…
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Gurdeep Singh v. The State of Punjab
Issue arose whether the order of conviction and sentence of the appellant for the offences u/ss.307, 353, 332, 225, 186, and 120B IPC and s.25 of the Arms Act, 1959 by the courts below was legally sustainable.
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Umashankar Yadav & Anr. v. State of Uttar Pradesh, Through Chief Secretary & Anr.
Whether the High Court erred by not quashing the prosecution against the accused under ss.186 and 353 of Indian Penal Code.
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B.N. John v. State of U.P. & Anr.
Appellant herein has sought quashing of criminal proceedings arising under sections 353 and 186 of IPC.
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Mahendra Kumar Sonker v. The State of Madhya Pradesh
Whether the conviction of the appellant under s.353 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) can be sustained without proving assault and use of criminal force.
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Saumya Chaurasia v. Directorate of
Appellant aggrieved by the order of the High Court dismissing the bail application filed u/s.439 of Cr.P.C. has preferred this appeal. (i) Whether the appellant was prima facie found involved in the commission of the…
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Ameena Begum v. The State of Telangana
An order of detention dated 24.03.2023 was passed by the Commissioner of Police against appellant’ s husband. Whether the alleged acts of commission for which the Detenu has been kept under detention are prejudicial to…
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State of Haryana v. Dharamraj
In instant appeal, the State seeks cancellation of anticipatory bail granted to the sole respondent by the Single Judge of the High Court.
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