Firstly, note that Section 151 (of Cr.P.C.) is only a preventive arrest and not a punitive custody or a custody for commission of a crime.
Secondly, usually, Section 151 arrest is followed by a proceeding for obtaining a bond for keeping peace, etc. (such as under Section 106 of the Cr.P.C.). It is not clear whether any such further proceedings were initiated against you.
Thirdly, you should check whether your arrest was officially shown in police records as an arrest. This is so because many a time it is noticed that police may simply detain a person for 2-3 hours but may not finally show the arrest in their records.
Fourthly, if your formal arrest is shown in the police records, then you should provide correct details in a transparent manner about such arrest when applying for renewal of the passport. If it was only Section 151 Cr.P.C. arrest without any other / subsequent proceedings, normally it should not come in the way of renewal of passport. However, if any other proceedings are pending, then it depends. Read: Can a person get passport during pendency of criminal case?
Normally, such preventive arrest should not come in the way of a Government job, however, it is a decision to be taken by the concerned authority. But you should declare it transparently in the police verification form.
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