Unlawful assembly IPC – Unlawful assembly definition in IPC
[See: Section 141 IPC]
Unlawful assembly.—
An assembly of five or more persons is designated an ‘unlawful assembly’,
(1) If the common object of the persons composing that assembly is—
To overawe
– by criminal force, or
– by show of criminal force
the Central Government, or
any State Government, or
Parliament, or
the Legislature of any State, or
any public servant
in the exercise of the lawful power.`
(2) If the common object of the persons composing that assembly is—
to resist the execution of any law, or of any legal process.
(3) If the common object of the persons composing that assembly is—
to commit any mischief or criminal trespass, or other offence.
(4) If the common object of the persons composing that assembly is—
– to take or obtain possession of any property, or
– to deprive any person of the enjoyment of a right of way, or of the use of water or other incorporeal right of which he is in possession or enjoyment, or
– to enforce any right or supposed right;
by means of criminal force, or show of criminal force, to any person
(5) If the common object of the persons composing that assembly is—
-to compel any person to do what he is not legally bound to do, or to omit to do what he is legally entitled to do.
by means of criminal force, or show of criminal force,
(6) An assembly which was not unlawful when it assembled, may subsequently become an unlawful assembly.