Legal Provisions of Section 155 of Indian Penal Code, 1860.
Liability of person for whose benefit riot is committed:
This section deals with the liability of one for whose benefit a riot is committed. It states that whenever a riot is committed for the benefit or on behalf of an owner or occupier of a land or any person claiming any interest in the land, or in the subject of any dispute which gave rise to the riot, or who has accepted or derived any benefit there from, such person shall be punishable with fine, the amount of which has been left to be decided by the court, if he or his agent or manager, had reason to believe that such riot was likely to be committed or the unlawful assembly responsible for committing the riot was likely to be held, shall not respectively use all lawful means in his or their power to prevent such assembly or riot from taking place, or for suppressing or dispersing the same.
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ADVERTISEMENTS:
While the preceding section punishes the landholder on whose land a riot or unlawful assembly takes place, this section punishes a person for whose benefit a riot is committed unless it is proved that he did everything that was possible to prevent the same. This is also a principle of vicarious liability. This section should be read along with sections 154 and 156 of the Code.
The offence under this section is non-cognizable, bailable and non-compoundable, and is triable by metropolitan magistrate or magistrate of the first or second class.
