CrPC Section 142: Injunction pending inquiry
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Chapter 10: Maintenance of public order and traquillity
Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).
¶ 142. Injunction pending inquiry.- (1) If a Magistrate making an order under section 133 considers that immediate measures should be taken to prevent imminent danger or injury of a serious kind to the public, he may issue such an injunction to the person against whom the order was made, as is required to obviate or prevent such danger or injury pending the determination of the matter.
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(2) In default of such person forthwith obeying such injunction, the Magistrate may himself use, or cause to be used, such means as he thinks fit to obviate such danger or to prevent such injury.
¶(3) No suit shall lie in respect of anything done in good faith by a Magistrate under this section.
Study: explanations and related material
Now BNSS 161 (corresponding section). CrPC → BNSS converterSource: BPR&D BNSS–CrPC corresponding section table (UP Police, 2024-07-03), p9
Official reference: Ministry of Home Affairs: historical CrPC reference — source link checked: 2 October 2026.Recorded edition / snapshot date: 2024-06-30.Mobile-app reference import; the recorded snapshot date is not a fresh legal-currency guarantee. The linked government text is an independent authoritative reference, not certification that this website reproduces the same edition. The source link was checked, not every provision or subsequent amendment. Check commencement notifications, savings and jurisdiction-specific variations separately. Section 135 was restored and individually checked against the linked government PDF (pages 75–76) on 2026-10-02; this is not a verification of the whole collection. Schedules and forms are not consolidated here. Historical code retained for reference; read the repeal/savings provisions in the successor code.
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Other sections in this chapter
- 129. Dispersal of assembly by use of civil force
- 130. Use of armed forces to disperse assembly
- 131. Power of certain armed force officers to disperse assembly
- 132. Protection against prosecution for acts done under preceding sections
- 133. Conditional order for removal of nuisance
- 134. Service or notification of order
- 135. Person to whom addressed to obey or show cause
- 136. Consequences of his failing to do so
- 137. Procedure where existence of public right is denied
- 138. Procedure where he appears to show cause
- 139. Power of Magistrate to furnish written instructions, etc
- 140. Power of the appropriate Government to make rules
- 141. Procedure on order being made absolute and consequences of disobedience
- 143. Magistrate may prohibit repetition or continuance of public nuisance
- 144. Power to issue order in urgent cases of nuisance or apprehended danger
- 144A. Power to prohibit carrying arms in procession or mass drill or mass training with arms
- 145. Procedure where dispute concerning land or water is likely to cause breach of peace
- 146. Power to attach subject of dispute and to appoint receiver
- 147. Dispute concerning right of use of land or water
- 148. Local inquiry