INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
152. Assaulting or obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc.
195. Assaulting or obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc.
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INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
Assaulting or obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc.
152. Assaulting or obstructing public servant when suppressing
riot, etc.--Whoever assaults or threatens to assault, or obstructs or
attempts to obstruct, any public servant in the discharge of his duty
as such public servant, in endeavouring to disperse an unlawful
assembly, or to suppress a riot or affray, or uses, or threatens, or
attempts to use criminal force to such public servant, 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Repealed / historical reference India Code — IPC 1860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
195. Assaulting or obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc.—(1) Whoever assaults
or obstructs any public servant or uses criminal force on any public servant in the discharge of his duty as
such public servant in endeavouring to disperse an unlawful assembly, or to suppress a riot or affray,
shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or
with fine which shall not be less than twenty-five thousand rupees, or with both.
(2) Whoever threatens to assault or attempts to obstruct any public servant or threatens or attempts to
use criminal force to any public servant in the discharge of his duty as such public servant in
endeavouring to disperse an unlawful assembly, or to suppress a riot or affray, shall be punished with
imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.
Current law India Code — BNS 2023