CrPC § 142 · Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Repealed on 1 July 2024
Section 142 CrPC — Injunction pending inquiry
Replaced from 1 July 2024 by BNSS 161 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Offences committed on or before 30 June 2024 are still charged under the CrPC.
The law now: BNSS 161 — Injunction pending inquiry
(1) If a Magistrate making an order under section 152 considers that immediate measures should be taken to prevent imminent danger or injury of a serious kind to the public, he may issue such an injunction to the person against whom the order was made, as is required to obviate or prevent such danger or injury pending the determination of the matter.
(2) In default of such person forthwith obeying such injunction, the Magistrate may himself use, or cause to be used, such means as he thinks fit to obviate such danger or to prevent such injury.
(3) No suit shall lie in respect of anything done in good faith by a Magistrate under this section.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text. BNSS 161 in full