The Railways Act, 1989 156Chapter XV · Penalties and Offences
Section 156 · Travelling on roof, step or engine of a train
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If any passenger or any other person, after
being warned by a railway servant to desist, persists in travelling on the roof, step or footboard of any
carriage or on an engine, or in any other part of a train not intended for the use of passengers, he shall be
punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may
extend to five hundred rupees, or with both and may be removed from the railway by any railway servant.
The offence at a glance
- Maximum punishment
- 3 months
- Fine
- ₹500
- Cognizable
- Non-cognizable
- Bailable
- Bailable
- Compoundable
- Not compoundable
- Triable by
- Any Magistrate
- Non-cognizable — Police cannot investigate without a Magistrate's order
- Bailable — Bail is your right — it can be granted at the police station
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