Whoever, intentionally offers any insult, or causes any interruption to any public servant, while such public servant is sitting in any stage of a judicial proceeding, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both.
Central Act · India · Chapter XIV — Of False Evidence And Offences Against Public Justice
Section 267 BNS Intentional insult or interruption to public servant sitting in judicial proceeding
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 · Edition: Original enacted Gazette, 25 December 2023; UP Police comparison table supplied in 2024
Judgments on Section 267
LOK 2017 (4) SC 614 · Supreme Court of India
Ajitsinh Arjunsinh Gohil v. Bar Council of Gujarat & Anr.
LOK 2013 (7) SC 17 · Supreme Court of India
Sharanjit Kaur v. State Of Punjab
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ActsBharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, The Constitution of India, 228, 264, 277, 289, 290, 420 and 510, Indian Penal Code, 1860, 45, 46(2), 51 and 52, Punjab Panchayati Raj Act, 1994
