Which one of the following conducts of a police officer would be an offence?
The proviso to Section 179(1) BNSS (formerly s.160 Cr.P.C.) bars requiring a male above 60 years or a boy under 15 years to attend at any place other than his residence, and…
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Which one of the following conducts of a police officer would be an offence?
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Correct answer D
The proviso to Section 179(1) BNSS (formerly s.160 Cr.P.C.) bars requiring a male above 60 years or a boy under 15 years to attend at any place other than his residence, and Section 199 BNS (formerly s.166A IPC) punishes a public servant who knowingly disobeys such a direction of law (clause (a)) and one who fails to record an FIR in such cognizable cases (clause (c)), so each of the conducts "Calling a 67 years old retired government servant to the police station during investigation of a multi crore scam case.", "Calling a 14 years old boy with his parents to the police station during investigation of a double murder case in the neighbourhood." and "Failing to record FIR on the basis of information of a woman being paraded naked." is an offence and "All of the given options are correct".
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