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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 defines rioting by reference to the use of force…

Section 191(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 defines rioting. Where an unlawful assembly or a member uses force or violence in pursuit of its common object, each…

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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 defines rioting by reference to the use of force or violence by an unlawful assembly or its member in pursuit of the assembly’s common object?

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Section 191(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 defines rioting. Where an unlawful assembly or a member uses force or violence in pursuit of its common object, each member is guilty of rioting. Section 191(3) deals with the separate punishment for rioting while armed.

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Section 189(4) punishes membership in an unlawful assembly while armed with a deadly or qualifying weapon.

Option B

Section 189(3) concerns joining or remaining in an unlawful assembly with knowledge of the lawful command to disperse.

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Section 191(1) gives the basic definition and member-liability rule.

Option D

Section 191(3) concerns the armed form of rioting and presupposes guilt of rioting.

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