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

Section 191(1) makes each member guilty of rioting when the unlawful assembly or a member uses force or violence in pursuit of its common object. Section 191(3) addresses…

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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 defines rioting by reference to force or violence used by an unlawful assembly or one of its members in pursuit of its common object?

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Section 191(1) makes each member guilty of rioting when the unlawful assembly or a member uses force or violence in pursuit of its common object. Section 191(3) addresses punishment for the armed form.

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Option A

Section 189(4) concerns membership of an unlawful assembly while armed with a deadly weapon or equivalent object.

Option B

Section 189(3) concerns joining or continuing in an unlawful assembly despite knowledge of a dispersal command.

Option C

Section 191(1) defines rioting on the stated common-object condition.

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Section 191(3) sets the punishment for rioting while armed with a deadly weapon or equivalent object.

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