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Section 191 - The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
191. Rioting.
(1) Whenever force or violence is used by an unlawful assembly, or by any member thereof, in prosecution of the common object of such assembly, every member of such assembly is guilty of the offence of rioting.
(2) Whoever is guilty of rioting, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
(3) Whoever is guilty of rioting, being armed with a deadly weapon or with anything which, used as a weapon of offence, is likely to cause death, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to five years, or with fine, or with both.
Related Sections
- Section 347: Counterfeiting a property mark
- Section 47: Abetment in India of offences outside India
- Section 339: Having possession of document described in section 337 or section 338, knowing it to be forged and intending to use it as genuine
- Section 293: Continuance of nuisance after injunction to discontinue
- Section 146: Unlawful compulsory labour
Related Acts
- National Nursing and Midwifery Commission Act, 2023
- Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Amendment Act, 2018
- National Capital Territory of Delhi (Recognition of Property Rights of Residents in Unauthorised Colonies) Act, 2019
- Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Act, 2017
- Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Act, 2019
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