Duty to prevent lynching.

(1) It shall be duty of every police officer, in charge of a police station to take all reasonable steps to prevent any incident of lynching, including its incitement, commission and possible spread in the area under his jurisdiction and to that end- (i) make all possible efforts to identify patterns of violence in the area under his jurisdiction, that indicate occurrence of targeted violence; (ii) obtain information regarding the likelihood of an act of lynching; and (iii) act in furtherance of the duty to prevent any act of lynching in accordance with the powers vested in them. (2) Every police officer exercising powers under this Act in discharge of his duties shall act without any delay in a fair, impartial and non-discriminatory manner.