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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 prescribes the ordinary punishment for rioting,…

Section 191(1) defines rioting; section 191(2) prescribes imprisonment up to two years, or fine, or both for ordinary rioting. Armed rioting is separately punished under…

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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 prescribes the ordinary punishment for rioting, without the armed-rioting aggravation?

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Section 191(1) defines rioting; section 191(2) prescribes imprisonment up to two years, or fine, or both for ordinary rioting. Armed rioting is separately punished under section 191(3). Section 189 defines and regulates unlawful assembly, section 190 concerns common-object liability, and section 192 concerns provocation intended to cause a riot.

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Option A

Section 189(1) defines unlawful assembly, rather than prescribing ordinary rioting punishment.

Option B

Section 190 attributes liability for offences committed in prosecution of the common object.

Option C

Correct: section 191(2) is the ordinary-rioting punishment provision.

Option D

Section 192 punishes intentional provocation to riot, not ordinary rioting itself.

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