BBanaka

BNS Section 190: Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter 11: Of Offences Against the Public Tranquillity

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190. If an offence is committed by any member of an unlawful assembly in prosecution of the common object of that assembly, or such as the members of that assembly knew to be likely to be committed in prosecution of that object, every person who, at the time of the committing of that offence, is a member of the same assembly, is guilty of that offence.

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Replaces IPC 149. IPC → BNS converterSource: BPR&D BNS–IPC corresponding section table (UP Police, 2024-06-28)

Punishment, bail and trial

190Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object.

Punishment
The same as for the offence.
Cognizable or not
According as offence is cognizable or non-cognizable
Bailable or not
According as offence is bailable or non-bailable
Triable by
The Court by which the offence is triable

Source: BNSS First Schedule, Gazette of India, 25 December 2023, p. 171. The Schedule gives the substance of the section, not its full definition, and a State may have amended the classification for its territory. See it in the full First Schedule

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