Text of CPC Section 74

CPC Section 74: Resistance to Execution

(1) Where the Court is satisfied that the holder of a decree for the possession of property or a purchaser of property sold in execution of a decree has been resisted or obstructed in obtaining possession of the property by the judgment-debtor or any other person on his behalf, and that such resistance or obstruction was without any just cause, the Court may, at the instance of the decree-holder or the purchaser, order the judgment-debtor or such other person to undergo simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to thirty days and may further direct that the decree-holder or the purchaser be put into possession of the property.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), where a judgment-debtor or any other person resists or obstructs the execution of a decree, the Court may direct the officer in charge of the police station within whose jurisdiction the judgment-debtor or such other person resides, or where the property to which the decree relates is situate, to provide the necessary police assistance for the execution of the decree.