Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Section 168: Police to prevent cognizable offences

Chapter XII — Preventive Action of the Police

168. Every police officer may interpose for the purpose of preventing, and shall, to the best of his ability, prevent, the commission of any cognizable offence.

Source: official text of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Ministry of Home Affairs).