IPC Section 152: Assaulting or obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc
Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Chapter 8: Offences against the Public Tranquillity
Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS).
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 punishable with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.
CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENCE
Punishment-Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both-Cognizable-Bailable-Triable by Magistrate of the first class-Non-compoundable.
Bare act text for reference, current to 30 June 2024. It is not legal advice; check the official gazette for authoritative text.
Other sections in this chapter
- 141. Unlawful assembly
- 142. Being member of unlawful assembly
- 143. Punishment
- 144. Joining unlawful assembly armed with deadly weapon
- 145. Joining or continuing in unlawful assembly, knowing it has been commanded to disperse
- 146. Rioting
- 147. Punishment for rioting
- 148. Rioting, armed with deadly weapon
- 149. Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object
- 150. Hiring, or conniving at hiring, of persons to join unlawful assembly
- 151. Knowingly joining or continuing in assembly of five or more persons after it has been commanded to disperse
- 153. Wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot-if rioting be committed-if not committed
- 153A. Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony
- 153AA. Punishment for knowingly carrying arms in any procession or organising, or holding or taking part in any mass drill or mass training with arms
- 153B. Imputations, assertions prejudicial to national-integration
- 154. Owner or occupier of land on which an unlawful assembly is held
- 155. Liability of person for whose benefit riot is committed
- 156. Liability of agent of owner of occupier for whose benefit riot is committed
- 157. Harbouring persons hired for an unlawful assembly
- 158. Being hired to take part in an unlawful assembly or riot
- 159. Affray
- 160. Punishment for committing affray