BNS191
BNS Section 191: Rioting
Ch XI · Of Offences Against the Public Tranquillity
Gazette p.67
Punishment
- (2) punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both
- (3) punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to five years, or with fine, or with both
Depends on which sub-section applies. Copied verbatim from the text below.
Arrest, bail & court
- (2) Cognizable · Bailable · Any Magistrate (Rioting)
- (3) Cognizable · Bailable · Magistrate of the first class (Rioting, armed with a deadly weapon)
From the BNSS, 2023, First Schedule (machine-extracted; check the Schedule for anything consequential).
Verbatim · BNS191. 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.
Corresponds (indicatively) to IPC 146, 147, 148 of the repealed Indian Penal Code, 1860. IPC → BNS table
Cite as: Section 191, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023)