BBanaka

BNS Section 195: Assaulting or obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc

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

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195. (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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Replaces IPC 152. IPC → BNS converterSource: BPR&D BNS–IPC corresponding section table (UP Police, 2024-06-28)

Punishment, bail and trial

195(1)Assaulting or obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc.

Punishment
Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine not less than 25,000 rupees, or both.
Cognizable or not
Cognizable
Bailable or not
Bailable
Triable by
Magistrate of the first class

195(2)Threatening to assault or attempting to obstruct public servant when suppressing riot, etc.

Punishment
Imprisonment for 1 year, or fine, or both.
Cognizable or not
Non‑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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