Does Constitution of India protect BSF personnel when on duty?
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Central Armed Police Forces like BSF, CRPF, ITBP, CISF and SSB headed by IPS officers which are rank of Director-General (DG). These forces are not headed by military officers and hence not comes under military forces.
The Border Security Force Act was enacted in 1968 to provide governance for the regulation of the Armed security forces under the Union Government of India. This Act helps to guarantee the security and safety of the borders of the nation further.
In 1968, understanding the requirement of a proper and specific set of laws and rules governing the Border Security Force was passed by the parliament. The B.S.F. Bill was presented in the Lok Sabha in 1968 with the objective to institutionalise and lay regulation terms for the armed forces under the Central Government for protecting the borders of India. The Bill had proposed to vest the BSF with duties of safeguarding the India-Pakistan international border, protecting people living in such areas, and preventing crimes across borders like smuggling, trafficking, invasion or exit from the country, and so on.