BNS 195 — Assaulting or obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc.

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

195. (1) Whoever assaults or obstructs any public  servant or uses
criminal force  on  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,  shall  be  punished  with  imprisonment  of  either
description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine which
shall not be less than twenty-five thousand rupees, or with both.
(2) Whoever threatens to assault or attempts to obstruct any public
servant or threatens or attempts to use criminal force to 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,  shall  be
punished  with  imprisonment  of  either  description  for  a  term  which  may
extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.
Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion,
race,  place  of  birth,  residence,  language,  etc.,  and  doing  acts
prejudicial to maintenance of harmony.

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