IPC § 124 · Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Repealed on 1 July 2024
Section 124 IPC — Assaulting President, Governor, etc., with intent to compel or restrain the exercise of any lawful power
Replaced from 1 July 2024 by BNS 151 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. Offences committed on or before 30 June 2024 are still charged under the IPC.
The law now: BNS 151 — Assaulting President, Governor, etc., with intent to compel or restrain exercise of any lawful power
Whoever, with the intention of inducing or compelling the President of India, or Governor of any State, to exercise or refrain from exercising in any manner any of the lawful powers of such President or Governor, assaults or wrongfully restrains, or attempts wrongfully to restrain, or overawes, by means of criminal force or the show of criminal force, or attempts so to overawe, such President or Governor, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text. BNS 151 in full