 bill no  172  of   2014 the indian penal code (amendment) bill, 2014 by shri nishikant dubey, mp a billfurther to amend the indian penal code, 1860be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-fifth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the indian penal code (amendment) act, 2014(2) it shall come into force at onceshort title and commencement omission of section 353 statement of objects and reasonssection 353 of indian penal code provides punishment for assault on or use of criminal force against a public servant in order to deter him from discharging his duty however, actual application of this provision has not been what it was intended for this section is being mostly used for political vendetta by incumbent governmentsit often happens that to protest against a decision of the government or against any incident, political activists use road blockage, dharna or sit-in in such cases, the government of that state uses this section as a result of which they are arrested as violation of the provisions of this section is a non-bailable offence therefore, there is a need to do away with this sectionhence this billnew delhi;nishikant dubeynovember 3, 2014 annexure an extract from the indian penal code, 1860 (45 of 1860)assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty353 whoever assaults or uses criminal force to any person being a public servant in the execution of his duty as such public servant, or with intent to prevent or deter that person from discharging his duty as such public servant, or in consequence of anything done or attempted to be done by such person in the lawful discharge of his duty as such public servant, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both lok  sabha————— a billfurther to amend the indian penal code, 1860—————(shri nishikant dubey, mp)gmgipmrnd—2719ls(s3)—04-12-2014