IPC Section 155 - Liability of person for whose benefit riot is committed

155. Liability of person for whose benefit riot is committed. Whenever a riot is committed for

the benefit or on behalf of any person who is the owner or occupier of any land respecting which such riot

takes place or who claims any interest in such land, or in the subject of any disp ute which gave rise to the

riot, or who has accepted or derived any benefit therefrom, such person shall be punishable with fine, if

he or his agent or manager, having reason to believe that such riot was likely to be committed or that the

unlawful assembly by which such riot was committed 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, and for suppressing

and dispersing the same.