Penalties for neglecting duty by police
Penalties for neglecting duty by police
Relevant Law:-
The Police Act, 1861
Penalties for neglect of duty, etc.
Section-29
29. Every
police-officer who shall be guilty of any violation of duty or wilful breach or
neglect of any rule or regulation or lawful order made by competent authority,
or who shall withdraw from the duties of his office without permission, or
without having given previous notice for the period of two months, or who,
being absent on leave, shall fail, without reasonable cause, to report himself
for duty on the expiration of such leave, or who shall engage without authority
in any employment other than his police-duty, or who shall be guilty of
cowardice, or who shall offer any unwarrantable personal violence to any person
in his custody, shall be liable, on conviction before a Magistrate, to a
penalty not exceeding three months` pay, or to imprisonment with or without
hard labour, for a period not exceeding three months, or to both.
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