Penal Code, 1860–Sec. 117 [ Corresponding Sec. 57 of BNS, 2023 ]–Constituion of offence–Scope for–The farmers were already perturbed and irked by the situation and felt that the authorities had swindled them, therefore, they gathered on the highway on their own accord, and nobody called them there and the facts above clears that the offence of abatement never took place and the people of vicinity assembled on the highway to raise their voice against the action taken by the authorities–Offence u/s. 117 is not made out.
