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SECTION 152 IPC - Indian Penal Code - Assaulting or obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc.


Last Updated: 01 Nov, 2024
By Advocate Chikirsha Mohanty


As per new Indian Criminal law, IPC Section 152 has been replaced with BNS Section 195 with effect from July 1, 2024.
(The Section 152 in the IPC regarding 'assaulting or obstructing public servants when suppressing riots, etc.' has been divided into two parts and included in Section 195 of the new law (BNS): one for the offence of assaulted in the section of public servants and the other for threatening to assault or attempt to obstruct, having different punishments and fines. The minimum threshold for a fine is twenty-five thousand rupees, and ‘or uses criminal force on any public servant' is added.)

Please refer to BNS 195 for updated procedures & punishments.

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  1. IPC 152 in Simple Words
  2. IPC Section 152 related FAQs
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 endeavoring 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.



IPC 152 in Simple Words

If someone attacks, threatens, or obstructs a public servant while they are trying to disperse an unlawful assembly or suppress a riot, they can be punished with up to three years in jail, a fine, or both.


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Offence : Assaulting or obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc.


Punishment : 3 Years or Fine or Both


Cognizance : Cognizable


Bail : Bailable


Triable : Magistrate First Class



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What is 152 of the IPC?

Anyone who assaults, threatens to attack, obstructs, attempts to obstruct or attempts to hinder any public servant while performing his duties as a public servant or in an attempt to disperse a unlawful assembly or suppress riots or affrays, uses criminal force, threatens to use it, or attempts to do so, against such...


What is the IPC 152 in Hindi?

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What is 151 IPC?

Anyone who knowingly continues to join or continue in an assembly of five people or more likely to disturb the public peace after it has been ordered to disperse by law, will be punished either with imprisonment for a period of up to six months or with a fine or both.