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Whoever, being a police officer- Power to reserve public places and erect barriers . offences by public (a) Intentionally abdicates duties or withdraws from duties; or (b) uses criminal force against another police officer, or indulges in gross insubordination; or (c) engages himself or participates in any demonstration, procession or strike, or resorts to, or in any way abets any form of strike, or coerces or uses physical force to compel any authority to concede anything shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or with a fine not exceeding ten thousand rupees or with both.