Indian Penal Code
IPC 153 is now BNS 192.
Wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot
Carried over
93% of the old wording kept
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. VIII
s. 153
Wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot
if rioting be committed; if not committed.—Whoever malignantly, or wantonly by doing anything which is illegal, gives provocation to any person intending or knowing it to be likely that such provocation will cause the offence of rioting to be committed, shall, if the offence of rioting be committed in consequence of such provocation, be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both; and if the offence of rioting be not committed, with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNS 2023 · Ch. XI
s. 192
Wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot-if rioting be committed; if not committed.
Whoever malignantly, or wantonly by doing anything which is illegal, gives provocation to any person intending or knowing it to be likely that such provocation will cause the offence of rioting to be committed, shall, if the offence of rioting be committed in consequence of such provocation, be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both; and if the offence of rioting be not committed, with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both.
Text from India Code