Section 112 - Assaulting or obstructing public officer when suppressing riot, etc.

Whoever assaults or threatens to assault or obstructs or attempts to obstruct a public officer in the discharge of his duty as a public officer in endeavouring to disperse an unlawful assembly or to suppress a riot or affray, or uses or threatens or attempts to use criminal force to the public officer, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years or with fine or with both.