Library/BNS/Section 191
Section 191N/ADEFINITION

Rioting.

Full Text

(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.

Plain English Summary

Defines rioting as the use of force or violence by an unlawful assembly.

Punishment

As per S.192

Practical Note

Equivalent to IPC 146. Mere assembly is S.189; use of force makes it S.191.

हिंदी पाठ

बलवा (Rioting)।\n(1) जब कभी विधि-विरुद्ध जमाव द्वारा या उसके किसी सदस्य द्वारा ऐसे जमाव के सामान्य उद्देश्य को अग्रसर करने में बल या हिंसा का प्रयोग किया जाता है, तब ऐसे जमाव का हर सदस्य बलवा करने के अपराध का दोषी होता है ।