Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Section 146

IPC 146 in BNS: Section 191(1)

Section 146 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 corresponds to Section 191(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. IPC 146 deals with rioting. BNS 191 brings it together with IPC 147 and 148. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024, replacing the IPC.

Indian Penal Code

IPC 146 is now BNS 191(1).

Rioting · BNS 191 brings it together with IPC 147 and 148.

Merged
Old wording kept in full
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. VIII
s. 146
Rioting
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.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNS 2023 · Ch. XI
s. 191(1)of section 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.
Text from India Code
Related sectionsBNS 191 · Rioting.IPC 147 · Punishment for riotingIPC 148 · Rioting, armed with deadly weapon
IPC 145 · Joining or continuing in unlawful assembly, knowing it has been commanded to disperseIPC 147 · Punishment for rioting

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