Section 141 Railways Act, 1989

 

Section 141 Railways Act, 1989: 

Needlessly interfering with means of communication in a train.—If any passenger or any other person, without reasonable and sufficient cause, makes use of, or interferes with, any means provided by a railway administration in a train for communication between passengers and the railway servant in charge of the train, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both: Provided that, in the absence of special and adequate reasons to the contrary to be mentioned in the judgment of the court, where a passenger, without reasonable and sufficient cause, makes use of the alarm chain provided by a railway administration, such punishment shall not be less than—

(a) a fine of five hundred rupees, in the case of conviction for the first offence; and

(b) imprisonment for three months in case of conviction for the second or subsequent offence.

Supreme Court of India Important Judgments And Leading Case Law Related to Section 141 Railways Act, 1989:  

Aditya Singh vs Union Of India on 18 August, 2017

Chattisgarh High Court 

Bhim Singh And Ors vs State Of Haryana on 10 March, 2015

Punjab-Haryana High Court 

Chief Secutiry Commissioner vs Siddhartha Singh Chauhan on 11 April, 2014

Madhya Pradesh High Court 

Bindu vs State on 25 March, 2009

Delhi High Court 

Rajesh Anil vs State Of Kerala on 17 July, 2008

Kerala High Court 

Bhim Singh & Ors vs State Of Haryana on 29 July, 2015

Punjab-Haryana High Court 

Satish vs State Of Haryana And Ors on 15 March, 2021

Punjab-Haryana High Court 

Rajbahadur And Ors vs State on 28 July, 2011

Rajasthan High Court 

Union Of India (Uoi) vs State Of Punjab And Anr. on 24 April, 2007

Punjab-Haryana High Court 

Finney Mathew vs The Inspector

Kerala High Court 

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