law: Sashastra Seema Bal Act, 2007 
  22.  Striking or threatening superior officer.
  Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following
  
  offences, namely:.
  a.       uses
  
  criminal force to or assaults his superior officer; or
  b.      uses
  
  threatening language to such officer; or
  c.       uses insubordinate
  
  language to such officer, shall, on conviction by a Force Court,.
               
  
   i.        
  
    if such officer is at the time in the execution of his office
  
  or, if the offence is committed on active duty, be liable to suffer
  
  imprisonment for a term which may extend to fourteen years or such less
  
  punishment as is in this Act mentioned; and
              
  
   ii.        
  
    in other cases, be liable to suffer imprisonment for a term
  
  which may extend to ten years or such less punishment as is in this Act
  
  mentioned:
  Provided that in the case of an offence specified in clause (c ),
  
  the imprisonment shall not exceed five years.