BBanaka

BNS Section 192: Wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot-if rioting be committed; if not committed

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

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192. Whoever malignantly, or wantonly by doing anything which is illegal, gives provocation to any person intending or knowing it to be likely that such provocation will cause the offence of rioting to be committed, shall, if the offence of rioting be committed in consequence of such provocation, be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both; and if the offence of rioting be not committed, with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both.

Study: explanations and related material

Replaces IPC 153. IPC → BNS converterSource: BPR&D BNS–IPC corresponding section table (UP Police, 2024-06-28)

Punishment, bail and trial

192Wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot, if rioting be committed.

Punishment
Imprisonment for 1 year, or fine, or both.
Cognizable or not
Cognizable
Bailable or not
Bailable
Triable by
Any Magistrate

192If not committed.

Punishment
Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine, or both.
Cognizable or not
Cognizable
Bailable or not
Bailable
Triable by
Any Magistrate

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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