Offences Against The State

CHAPTER-VII
OFFENCES AGAINST THE

STATE
DESHA DROHA
Waging, or attempting to wage war, or abetting waging of war, against
Government of India.
147. Whoever wages war against the Government of India, or attempts to wage
such war, or abets the waging of such war, shall be punished with death, or
imprisonment for life and shall also be liable to fine.
Illustration.
A joins an insurrection against the Government of India. A has committed the

offence defined in this section.
Conspiracy to commit offences punishable by section 147.
148. Whoever within or without and beyond India conspires to commit any of the offences punishable
by section 147, or conspires to overawe, by means of criminal force or the show of criminal force, the
Central Government or any State Government, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with
imprisonment of either description which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Explanation.—To constitute a conspiracy under this section, it is not necessary that any act or illegal
omission shall take place in pursuance thereof.
Collecting arms, etc., with intention of waging war against Government of India.
149. Whoever collects men, arms or ammunition or otherwise prepares to wage war with the
intention of either waging or being prepared to wage war against the Government of India, shall be
punished with imprisonment for life or imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding ten
years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Concealing with intent to facilitate design to wage war.
150. Whoever by any act, or by any illegal omission, conceals the existence of a design
to wage war against the Government of India, intending by such concealment to facilitate, or
knowing it to be likely that such concealment will facilitate, the waging of such
war, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to
ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Assaulting President, Governor, etc., with intent to compel or restrain exercise of any
lawful power.
151. Whoever, with the intention of inducing or compelling the President of India, or
Governor of any State, to exercise or refrain from exercising in any manner any of the lawful
powers of such President or Governor, assaults or wrongfully restrains, or attempts wrongfully to
restrain, or overawes, by means of criminal force or the show of criminal force, or attempts so to
overawe, such President or Governor, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description
for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Act endangering sovereignty, unity and integrity of India.
152. Whoever, purposely or knowingly, by words, either spoken or written, or

by signs, or by visible representation, or by electronic communication or by use
of financial mean, or otherwise, excites or attempts to excite, secession or armed
rebellion or subversive activities, or encourages feelings of separatist activities
or endangers sovereignty or unity and integrity of India; or indulges in or commits
any such act shall be punished with imprisonment for life or with imprisonment which may extend
to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Explanation.––Comments expressing disapprobation of the measures, or administrative or other
action of the Government with a view to obtain their alteration by lawful means without exciting
or attempting to excite the activities referred to in this section do not constitute an offence under
this section.
Waging war against Government of any foreign State at peace with Government of India.
153. Whoever wages war against the Government of any foreign State at
peace with the Government of India or attempts to wage such war, or
abets the waging of such war, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, to which
fine may be added, or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to
seven years, to which fine may be added, or with fine.
Committing depredation on territories of foreign State at peace with Government of
India.
154. Whoever commits depredation, or makes preparations to commit
depredation, on the territories of any foreign State at peace with the
Government of India, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term
which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine and to forfeiture of any property
used or intended to be used in committing such depredation, or acquired by such depredation.
Receiving property taken by war or depredation mentioned in sections 153 and 154.
155. Whoever receives any property knowing the same to have been taken in the
commission of any of the offences mentioned in sections 153 and 154, shall be punished
with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and
shall also be liable to fine and to forfeiture of the property so received.
Public servant voluntarily allowing prisoner of State or war to escape.
156. Whoever, being a public servant and having the custody of any State prisoner or
prisoner of war, voluntarily allows such prisoner to escape from any place in which such
prisoner is confined, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or imprisonment of
either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Public servant negligently suffering such prisoner to escape.
157. Whoever, being a public servant and having the custody of any State prisoner
or prisoner of war, negligently suffers such prisoner to escape from any place of
confinement in which such prisoner is confined, shall be punished with simple
imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to
fine.
Aiding escape of, rescuing or harbouring such prisoner.
158. Whoever knowingly aids or assists any State prisoner or prisoner of war in
escaping from lawful custody, or rescues or attempts to rescue any such
prisoner, or harbours or conceals any such prisoner who has escaped from
lawful custody, or offers or attempts to offer any resistance to the recapture of
such prisoner, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of
either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Explanation.—A State prisoner or prisoner of war, who is permitted to be at large on his

parole within certain limits in India, is said to escape from lawful custody if he goes
beyond the limits within which he is allowed to be at large.

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CHAPTER-VII

OFFENCES AGAINST THE

A joins an insurrection against the Government of India. A has committed the

152. Whoever, purposely or knowingly, by words, either spoken or written, or

Public servant voluntarily allowing prisoner of State or war to escape.

Explanation.—A State prisoner or prisoner of war, who is permitted to be at large on his

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