Sashastra Seema Bal Act, 2007
24. Insubordination and Obstruction.
Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following
offences, namely:
a. being
concerned in any quarrel, affray or disorder, refuses to obey any officer,
though of inferior rank, who orders him into arrest, or uses criminal force to,
or assaults, any such officer; or
b. uses
criminal force to, or assaults any person, whether subject to this Act or not,
in whose custody he is lawfully placed, and whether he is or is not his
superior officer; or
c. resists
an escort whose duty it is to apprehend him or to have him in charge; or
d. breaks
out of barracks, camp or quarters; or
e. neglects
to obey any general, local or other order; or
f. impedes
the Force Police referred to in section 75 or any person lawfully acting on his
behalf, or when called upon, refuses to assist in the execution of his duty a
Force Police or any person lawfully acting on his behalf, shall, on conviction
by a Force Court, be liable to suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend,
in the case of the offences specified in clauses (d ) or (e ), to
two years, and in the case of the offences specified in the other clauses, to
ten years, or in either case such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned.