IPC 152 vs BNS 195: Assaulting or obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc
Section 152 of the Indian Penal Code is now section 195 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, in force from 1 July 2024. 87% of the old wording is kept; 10 words removed and 77 words added.
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IPC section 152Assaulting or obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc
Whoever assaults or threatens to assault, or obstructs or attempts to obstruct, any public servant in the discharge of his duty as such public servant in endeavouring to disperse an unlawful assembly, or to suppress a riot or affray, or uses, or threatens or attempts to use criminal force to such public servant shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.
BNS section 195Assaulting or obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc
(1) Whoever assaults or obstructs any public servant or uses criminal force on any public servant in the discharge of his duty as such public servant in endeavouring to disperse an unlawful assembly, or to suppress a riot or affray, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine which shall not be less than twenty-five thousand rupees, or with both. (2) Whoever threatens to assault or attempts to obstruct any public servant or threatens or attempts to use criminal force to any public servant in the discharge of his duty as such public servant in endeavouring to disperse an unlawful assembly, or to suppress a riot or affray, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.
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