152. 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 punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both. Want only giving provocation with intent to cause riot-if rioting be committed:if not committed.
Indian Penal Code, 1860
Section 152: Assaulting or obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc
Repealed. Repealed from 1 July 2024. Use it for offences committed before repeal and other liabilities, investigations or proceedings preserved by BNS section 358; do not use it as the current general penal code.
Chapter VIII — Of Offences Against the Public Tranquillity