Riot (बल्वा)

vs
Affray. दंगा
By-
Adv. Chand Kubba
 146. Rioting.—बल्वा करना-
• 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.

• जब कभी विधिविरुद्ध जमाव द्वारा या उसके किसी सदस्य द्वारा, ऐसे जमाव के सामान्य उद्देश्य को अग्रसर करने में
बल या हिंसा का प्रयोग किया जाता है, तब ऐसे जमाव का हर सदस्य बल्वा करने के अपराध का दोषी होगा।
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Rioting = Unlawful
Assembly + Violence
147. Punishment for rioting.—

• Whoever is guilty of rioting, shall be punished with imprisonment of either

description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with
both.

• 148. Rioting, armed with deadly weapon.—Whoever is guilty of rioting, being

armed with a deadly weapon or with anything which, used as a weapon of
offence, is likely to cause death, shall be punished with imprisonment of either
description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with
both.
 141. Unlawful assembly विधि विरुद्ध जमाव 

• An assembly of five or more persons is designated an “unlawful assembly”, if the

common object (सामान्य उद्देश्य) of the persons composing that assembly is—

1. First.—To overawe (आतंकित करना) by criminal force, or show of criminal force, the
Central or any State Government or Parliament or the Legislature of any State, or
any public servant in the exercise of the lawful power of such public servant; or

• Second.—To resist the execution of any law, or of any legal process (प्रतिरोध करना); or
• Third.—To commit any mischief or criminal trespass, or other offence; (अपराध
करना) or

• Fourth.—By means of criminal force, or show of criminal force, to any person,

to take or obtain possession of any property, or to deprive any person of the
enjoyment of a right of way, or of the use of water or other incorporeal right of
which he is in possession or enjoyment, or to enforce any right or supposed
right; (किसी संपत्ति का कब्जा करना) or

• Fifth.—By means of criminal force, or show of criminal force, to compel any

person to do what he is not legally bound to do, or to omit to do what he is
legally entitled to do (विवश करना)
143. Punishment for being a member of an
Unlawful Assembly.—

• Whoever is a member of an unlawful assembly, shall be

punished with imprisonment of either description for a term
which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both.
159. Affray. दंगा—

• When two or more persons, by fighting in a public

place, disturb the public peace, they are said to
“commit an affray”.

• जब कि दो या अधिक व्यक्ति लोकस्थान में लड़कर लोक शान्ति में विघ्न डालते हैं,
तब यह कहा जाता है कि वे दंगा करते हैं ।
• 160. Punishment for committing affray.—Whoever
commits an affray, shall be punished with
imprisonment of either description for a term which
may extend to one month, or with fine which may
extend to one hundred rupees, or with both.
Riot Affray

May be committed in any one place, public or Must be committed in a public place and
private. cannot be committed in a private place.

Must be committed by five or more Must be committed by two or more

(minimum number must be five). (minimum number must be two).

There must be common object and it must be There may be or may not be common object.
one of the five mentioned in section 141.

Is generally premeditated. May be sudden and unpremeditated.

Punishment (ordinarily): Imprisonment of Punishment (ordinary): Imprisonment of

either description for two years or fine or either description for one month of fine up to
both (section 147). Rs 100 or both (section 160).