IPC 152 — Assaulting or obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Statutory text

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.

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