What happens when a 72-year-old man conflicts with the police?

If a 72-year-old man collides with a police officer performing official duties, and the consequences are not caused or the circumstances are not serious, he can be admonished or warned or fined according to the Law on Public Security Punishment (administrative detention punishment is not executed). If the circumstances of obstructing the police from performing official duties are serious, it also conforms to the crime of obstructing official duties, and if it intentionally hurts the police, it also conforms to the crime of intentional injury and will be given a heavier punishment.

Criminal law of the people's Republic of China

Article 17 If a person who has reached the age of 75 intentionally commits a crime, he may be given a lighter or mitigated punishment; Whoever commits a crime negligently shall be given a lighter or mitigated punishment.

Article 49 Restrictions on the Object of Application of the Death Penalty The death penalty is not applicable to persons under the age of 18 at the time of committing the crime or women who are pregnant at the time of trial.

The death penalty does not apply to people who have reached the age of 75 at the time of trial, except those who cause death by particularly cruel means.

People's Republic of China (PRC) Public Security Administration Punishment Law

Article 21? If an actor who violates the administration of public security is under any of the following circumstances and should be given administrative detention punishment according to this Law, administrative detention punishment shall not be executed:

(a) has reached the age of fourteen but under the age of sixteen;

(2) Having reached the age of 16 but under the age of 18, violating the administration of public security for the first time;

(three) more than seventy years of age;

(four) pregnant or nursing a baby under one year old.