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The Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 146

RIOTING Whenever force or violence is used by an unlawful assembly, or by any member thereof, in prosecution of the

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The Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 146 is part of The Indian Penal Code 1860 - RIOTING Whenever force or violence is used by an unlawful assembly, or by any member thereof, in prosecution of the. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1) an act or acts of violence by one or more persons part of an assemblage of three or more persons, which act or acts shall constitute a clear and present danger of, or shall result in, damage or injury to the property of, any other person or to the person of any other individual or (2) a threat or threats of the commission of an act or acts of violence by one or more persons part of an assemblage of three or more persons having, individually or collectively, the ability of immediate execution of such threat or threats, where the performance of the threatened act or acts of violence would constitute a clear and present danger of, or would result in, damage or injury to the property of any other person or to the person of any other individual. A person is guilty of riot if he participates with five or more others in a course of disorderly conduct:

(a) with purpose to commit or facilitate the commission of a felony or misdemeanor;

(b) with purpose to prevent or coerce official action; or (c) when the actor or any other participant to the knowledge of the actor uses or plans to use a firearm or other deadly weapon. A riot is an unlawful assembly. It is only the use of force that distinguishes rioting from an unlawful assembly.

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Section Section 146 of the The Indian Penal Code 1860 (RIOTING Whenever force or violence is used by an unlawful assembly, or by any member thereof, in prosecution of the) is reproduced on this page as part of the The Indian Penal Code 1860. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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