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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 60: Concealing design to commit offence punishable with imprisonment
- Section 112: Petty Organized crime
- Section 20: Act of a child under seven years of age
- Section 36: Right of private defence against act of a person of unsound mind, etc
- Section 214: Refusing to answer public servant authorised to question
Related Acts
- Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016
- Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes (Production, Manufacture, Import, Export, Transport, Sale, Distribution, Storage and Advertisement) Act, 2019
- Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Act, 2017
- Dam Safety Act, 2021
- Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
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