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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, what conduct makes an unlawful assembly's members guilty of…

Under section 191(1), when an unlawful assembly or any member uses force or violence in pursuit of its common object, every member of the assembly is guilty of rioting.…

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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, what conduct makes an unlawful assembly's members guilty of rioting?

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Under section 191(1), when an unlawful assembly or any member uses force or violence in pursuit of its common object, every member of the assembly is guilty of rioting. Under section 189(1), an unlawful assembly consists of at least five people who share one of the common objects specified there. Public alarm is not a separate element of rioting.

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Option A

Public alarm alone does not meet the requirement of force or violence in pursuit of the common object.

Option B

Section 191(1) requires a connection between the force or violence and the assembly's common object.

Option C

A common object of the kind specified in section 189(1) can make the assembly unlawful. Section 191(1) also requires force or violence.

Option D

When the assembly or any member uses force or violence for its common object, section 191(1) makes every member guilty of rioting.

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