INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
147. Punishment for rioting
191(2). Rioting.
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INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
147. Punishment for rioting.--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.
Repealed / historical reference India Code — IPC 1860
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.