Penalty for interfering in the functions of the police

Whoever,— (a) abets any member of the police force not to do his duties or to commit violation of discipline, or (b) unlawfully undertake any function or power of police, or (c) personates as a police officer other than innocently for the purposes of entertainment, or (d) deliberately makes a false statement to a police officer with intent to mislead the police in material particulars in a police investigation or due performance of police duty, or (e) threatens, obstructs or assaults a police officer with the manifest intention of preventing such officer from discharging any of his duties, shall, on conviction, be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with fine or with both.