law: The Control of National Highways (Land and Traffic) Act, 2002
  Chapter VII Offence
  
  and Penalty
  39. Offence and
  
  penalty.-
  1.  
  
    If
  
  any person, who has been evicted from any unauthorised occupation on a highway
  
  land under this Act, again occupies any highway land without permission for
  
  such occupation under this Act, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a
  
  term which may extend to one year, or with fine which shall not be less than
  
  one thousand rupees per square metre of so occupied highway land but which
  
  shall not exceed two times the cost of such highway land, or with both.
  2.  Any
  
  court, convicting a person under sub-section (1), may make an order for
  
  evicting that person from such occupied highway land summarily and he shall be
  
  liable to such eviction without prejudice to any other action that may be taken
  
  against him.
  3.  Notwithstanding
  
  anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), the
  
  offence punishable under sub-section (1) shall be cognizable.