IPC Section 141 — Unlawful assembly

offences against the public tranquillity

Criminal

Summary

An assembly of five or more people becomes an unlawful assembly if they share a common purpose. The law lists specific types of common objects that make the assembly unlawful.

Official Text

An assembly of five or more persons is designated an “unlawful assembly”, if the common object of the persons composing that assembly is:

Referred to by

Related Judgments

  • RAMASHISH YADAV AND ORS. vs STATE OF BIHAR — Supreme Court of India (1999)
  • VINUBHAI RANCHHODBHAI PATEL vs RAJIVBHAI DUDABHAI PATEL & OTHERS — Supreme Court of India (2018)
  • NETHALA POTHURAJU AND ORS.· vs STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH — Supreme Court of India (1991)
  • AKBAR SHEIKH & ORS. vs STATE OF WEST BENGAL — Supreme Court of India (2009)
  • SOMASUNDARAM @ SOMU vs THE STATE REP. BY THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE — Supreme Court of India (2020)
  • ZAINUL vs THE STATE OF BIHAR — Supreme Court of India (2025)

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