Who among the following officers is not authorized to dispense an unla

Who among the following officers is not authorized to dispense an unlawful assembly by the use of civil force?

Executive Magistrate

Officer in-charge of the police station

Any police officer not below the rank of a sub-inspector in the absence of officer in-charge of the police station

Any constable attached to a police station

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Answer is Wrong!

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UPSC CISF-AC-EXE – 2019

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Section 129 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) specifies the authorities who can command an unlawful assembly to disperse using civil force. These authorities are any Executive Magistrate, or the 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. A police constable is not vested with this power under Section 129.

– Section 129 CrPC deals with the dispersal of unlawful assembly by civil force.
– The authorized officers are Executive Magistrates, Officers in charge of police stations, and Police Officers not below the rank of Sub-Inspector (in the absence of the officer in charge).
– A police constable is not included among these authorized officers.

Option A (Executive Magistrate), Option B (Officer in-charge of the police station), and Option C (Any police officer not below the rank of a sub-inspector in the absence of officer in-charge) are all authorized under Section 129 CrPC. Option D (Any constable attached to a police station) is not authorized.

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