LawgistThe Delhi Police Act
124Vexatious entry, search, arrest, etc., by police officer
Any police officer who
(a) without lawful authority or reasonable cause enters or searches, or causes to be entered or searched, any building, vessel, tent or place; or
(b) vexatiously and unnecessarily seizes the property of any person; or
(c) vexatiously and unnecessarily detains, searches or arrests any person; or
(d) offers any unnecessary personal violence to any person in his custody; or
(e) holds out any threat or promise not warranted by law,
shall, for every such offence, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.
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OFFENCES AND PUNISHMENTS
- 80 Disregarding the rules of the road
- 81 Causing obstruction or mischief by animal
- 82 Exposing animal for hire, sale, etc
- 83 Causing any obstruction in a street
- 84 Obstructing a footway
- 85 Causing obstruction and annoyance by performances, etc
- 86 Doing offensive acts in or near a street or public place
- 87 Letting loose horse, etc., and suffering ferocious dogs to be at large
- 88 Bathing or washing in places not set apart for those purposes
- 89 Defiling water in public wells, etc
- 90 Obstructing bathers
- 91 Behaving indecently in public
- 92 Obstructing or annoying passengers in the street
- 93 Misbehaviour with intent to provoke a breach of the peace
- 94 Prohibition against flying kites, etc
- 95 Committing nuisance in or near street, etc
- 96 Disregard of notice in public building
- 97 Penalties for offences under sections 80 to 96
- 98 Penalty for failure to keep in confinement cattle, etc
- 99 Punishment for cruelty to animals
- 100 Wilful trespass
- 101 False alarm of fire or damage to fire alarm
- 102 Being found under suspicious circumstances between sunset and sunrise
- 103 Possession of property of which no satisfactory account can be given
- 104 Omission by pawn-brokers, etc., to report to police possession or tender of property suspected to be stolen
- 105 Melting, etc., of property referred to in section 104
- 106 Taking pledge from child
- 107 Suffering disorderly conduct at places of public amusement, etc
- 108 Cheating at games and gambling in street
- 109 Penalty for disobedience to order under section 27
- 110 Penalty for contravening regulations, etc., under section 28
- 111 Liability of licensee of place of public amusement or entertainment for acts of servants
- 112 Penalty for not obtaining licence in respect of place of public entertainment or certificate of registration in respect of eating house or for not renewing such licence or certificate within prescribed period
- 113 Penalties for contravention of orders, etc., under sections 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 and 34
- 114 Penalty for contravention of regulations, etc., made under sections 35, 36 and 37
- 115 Penalty for contravention of directions under section 46, 47 or 48
- 116 Penalty for entering without permission area from which a person is directed to remove himself or overstaying when permitted to return temporarily
- 117 Penalty for contravention of orders under section 57
- 118 Penalty for opposing or not complying with direction given under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 59
- 119 Penalty for contravening directions under section 65
- 120 Dangerous performances
- 121 Neglect or refusal to serve as special police officer
- 122 Penalty for making false statement, etc., and for misconduct of police officers
- 123 Penalty for failure to deliver up certificate of appointment or other article
- 124 Vexatious entry, search, arrest, etc., by police officer
- 125 Penalty for vexatious delay in forwarding a person arrested
- 126 Penalty for unauthorised use of police uniforms
- 127 Power to make regulations regarding carrying weapons without authority
- 128 Prosecution for certain offences against this Act to be in the discretion of Delhi police
- 129 Summary disposal of certain cases
- 130 Prosecution for offences under other enactments not affected
- 131 Offences by companies
