Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023
Section 171 :
Prevention of injury to public property :
(See section 152 of CrPC 1973)
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.
