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IPC Section 146 in BNS: Section 191

Rioting

Section 146 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Rioting) corresponds to Section 191 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, in force from 1 July 2024. Under the BNSS First Schedule, BNS 191(2) is cognizable, bailable, triable by Any Magistrate; punishment: Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.

Bail, cognizability and punishment

SectionOffencePunishmentCognizableBailableTriable by
191(2)Rioting.Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.CognizableBailableAny Magistrate
191(3)Rioting, armed with a deadly weapon.Imprisonment for 5 years, or fine, or both.CognizableBailableMagistrate of the first class

Source: BNSS, 2023, First Schedule, Part I.

The BNS applies to offences committed on or after 1 July 2024. Offences committed earlier are charged and tried under the IPC.

Text of BNS Section 191

191. (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.

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