Rioting
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Summary
When an unlawful assembly, or any member of it, uses force or violence to carry out the assembly's common object, every member is criminally guilty of rioting. Liability covers all members who share the common object, even if an individual did not personally use force. Each member can be prosecuted for the offence of rioting.
Example
Ravi joins an unlawful assembly formed to stop a landlord evicting tenants. Some members break the gate and shove the landlord's assistant. Even members who only joined and did not push anyone are guilty of rioting and can be prosecuted under this rule.
Bare Act
Enacted textWhenever 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.
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