IPC Section 146 — Rioting
offences against the public tranquillity
Criminal
Summary
If an unlawful assembly, or any person in it, uses force or violence to achieve the group's shared goal, then every person in that assembly commits the crime of rioting. This means that even if you did not personally use force or violence, you can still be held responsible if you were part of the group when it happened.
Official Text
Whenever force or violence is used by an unlawful assembly, or by any member thereof, in prosecution of the common object of such assembly, every member of such assembly is guilty of the offence of rioting.
Related Provisions
rioting / unlawful assembly
Related Judgments
- S.C.R. VINUBHAI RANCHHODBHAI PATEL v. RAJIVBHAI DUDABHAI PATEL & OTHERS — Supreme Court of India (2018)
- MAN SINGH v. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND — Supreme Court of India (2013)
- HAZARA SINGH v. PUNJAB — Supreme Court of India (1971)
- LAKSHMAN SINGH v. STATE OF BIHAR — Supreme Court of India (2021)
- SHANKAR GAUR AND ANR. ETC v. DELHI TRANSPORT CORPORATION AND ORS. NOVEMBER 30, 1988 — Supreme Court of India (S)
- RAVISHWAR MANJHI & ORS v. STATE OF JHARKHAND 427 — Supreme Court of India (2008)
- No.1 to 58 and 60 to 70 vs 1. State represented by Sub Inspector of Police, — Madras High Court ()
- S.C.R. 832 832 THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH v. SUBHASH @ PAPPU (Criminal Appeal No. 436 of — Supreme Court of India (2022)