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

BNS section 191(1) defines rioting. Subsection (2) provides imprisonment up to two years, or fine, or both for ordinary rioting, while subsection (3) concerns armed rioting.

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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 provides the ordinary punishment for rioting, without the aggravation of being armed with a deadly weapon?

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BNS section 191(1) defines rioting. Subsection (2) provides imprisonment up to two years, or fine, or both for ordinary rioting, while subsection (3) concerns armed rioting.

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Option A

This defines an unlawful assembly.

Option B

This defines rioting.

Option C

This supplies ordinary rioting punishment.

Option D

This supplies aggravated armed-rioting punishment.

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