Code
Whoever, being
bound by law to render or furnish assistance to any public servant in the execution of his public duty,
intentionally omits to give such assistance,—(a) shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month, or
with fine which may extend to two thousand and five hundred rupees, or with both;(b) and where such assistance be demanded of him by a public servant legally competent to make
such demand for the purposes of executing any process lawfully issued by a Court or of preventing
the commission of an offence, or suppressing a riot, or affray, or of apprehending a person charged
with or guilty of an offence, or of having escaped from lawful custody, shall be punished with simple
imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five
thousand rupees, or with both.
