Correct Answer - Option 1 : Section 144 of CrPC
The correct answer is Section 144 of CrPC.
- The magistrate of any state or union territory in India can pass an order prohibiting the gathering of four or more people in a specified area under section 144 of CrPC.
- It is imposed in urgent cases of nuisance or apprehended danger of some event that has the potential to cause trouble or damage to human life or property.
- It can be passed against a particular individual or the general public.
- It prohibits the handling or transporting of any kind of weapon in the given area.
- The punishment for such an act is up to three years.
- As per this section, there shall be no movement of the public and all educational institutions shall also remain closed.
- There is a complete ban on holding any kind of public meetings or rallies during the period of enforcement of this order.
- It is a punishable offence to obstruct law enforcement agencies from disbanding an unlawful assembly.
- It also gives power to the authorities to block internet access in a particular area.
- The main aim of Section 144 is to maintain peace and order in the regions where trouble could erupt to disrupt regular life.
- The orders under this section can not remain in force for more than two months.
- The state government can extend the validity of such an order for a maximum of six months.
Section 144 in The Indian Penal Code:
- Joining unlawful assembly armed with a deadly weapon.—Whoever, being armed with any deadly weapon, or with anything which, used as a weapon of offence, is likely to cause death, is a member of an unlawful assembly, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
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IPC stands for Indian Penal Code.
- It deals with crimes and their punishments.
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CrPC stands for Criminal Procedure Code.
- It deals with the criminal trial procedures.
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CPC stands for Civil Procedure Code.
- It deals with civil laws, family disputes etc.
