PPC Section 152 | Assaulting to obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc.:

PPC Section 152

PPC Section 152: Assaulting to obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc.:

Whoever assaults or threatens to assault, or obstructs or attempts to obstruct a 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.