INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
148. Rioting, armed with deadly weapon
191(3). Rioting.
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INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
148. Rioting, armed with deadly weapon.--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
three 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Repealed / historical reference India Code — IPC 1860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.