Cr.P.C Section 42 | Public when to assist Magistrate and Police.

Cr.P.C Section 42

Public when to assist Magistrate and Police.

Every person is bound to assist a Magistrate [, Justice of the Peace] or policeofficer reasonably demanding his aid, [------]

• (a) in the taking or preventing the escape of any other person whom such Magistrate or policeofficer is authorized to arrest;
• (b) in the prevention or suppression of a breach of the peace, or in the prevention of any injury attempted to be committed to any railway, canal, telegraph or public property.