Section 152 · Assaulting or obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc
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Whoever assaults or
threatens to assault, or obstructs or attempts to obstruct, any public servant in the discharge of his duty as
such public servant, in endeavouring to disperse an unlawful assembly, or to suppress a riot or affray, or
uses, or threatens, or attempts to use criminal force to such public servant, shall be punished with
imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.
The offence at a glance
- Punishment
- up to 3 years, fine (no stated ceiling)
- Cognizable
- Cognizable
- Bailable
- Bailable
- Compoundable
- Not compoundable
- Triable by
- Magistrate of the first class
- Cognizable — Police may arrest without a warrant
- Bailable — Bail is your right — it can be granted at the police station
From the First Schedule to the BNSS (the CrPC's, for IPC offences)
In the new law
IPC 152BNS 195
195. Assaulting or obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc.
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