Indian Penal Code, 1860
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 dispute which gave rise to the
riot, or who has accepted or derived any benefit there from, 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.