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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 makes a landholder liable for specified failures…

Section 193(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 corresponds to section 154 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. It addresses an unlawful assembly or riot on land and…

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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 makes a landholder liable for specified failures by the landholder or an agent or manager to report, prevent or suppress an unlawful assembly or riot on the land?

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Section 193(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 corresponds to section 154 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. It addresses an unlawful assembly or riot on land and prescribes a fine for the owner, occupier or person having or claiming an interest in the land when the statutory knowledge and omission conditions are met. Those conditions can concern the landholder’s own conduct or that of an agent or manager. Section 192 concerns provocation with intent or knowledge of the likelihood of causing a riot.

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Option A

Section 61(1) defines criminal conspiracy based on an agreement.

Option B

Section 147 punishes waging, attempting to wage or abetting war against the Government of India.

Option C

Section 193(1) imposes a fine on the landholder where the conditions it specifies are met, including defaults by the landholder or an agent or manager.

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Section 194(1) defines affray, which involves fighting in a public place and disturbing the public peace.

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