Section 172.   Persons bound to conform to lawful directions of police

(1) All persons shall be bound to conform to the lawful directions of a police
officer given in fulfilment of any of his duty under this Chapter.
(2) A police officer may detain or remove any person resisting, refusing, ignoring or
disregarding to conform to any direction given by him under sub-section (1) and may either
take such person before a Judicial Magistrate or, in petty cases, release him when the
occasion is past.