As per Section 129 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, dispersal

As per Section 129 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, dispersal of unlawful assembly by civil force can be commanded by

[amp_mcq option1=”any Judicial Magistrate or Executive Magistrate” option2=”any Executive Magistrate or Officer In-charge of a police station or any police officer not below the rank of Sub-Inspector” option3=”District Magistrate or Superintendent of Police” option4=”any Magistrate or any police officer” correct=”option2″]

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The correct answer is B) any Executive Magistrate or Officer In-charge of a police station or any police officer not below the rank of Sub-Inspector.

Section 129(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 explicitly states that any Executive Magistrate or officer in charge of a police station, or in the absence of such officer, any police officer not below the rank of a Sub-Inspector, may command an unlawful assembly to disperse using civil force.

This section empowers specific officials to take immediate action to disperse an unlawful assembly using the available civil force (police). The authority is granted to officials based on their executive or police rank, allowing for prompt response to maintain public order. Judicial Magistrates are not granted this power under Section 129, as their role is judicial, not executive or law enforcement in this context.

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