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:

Related Judgments

  • SINHA v. UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. SEPTEMBER 13, 1991 — Supreme Court of India (S)
  • S.C.R. VINUBHAI RANCHHODBHAI PATEL v. RAJIVBHAI DUDABHAI PATEL & OTHERS — Supreme Court of India (2018)
  • CRL OP(MD)/7922/2019 — Madras High Court ()
  • SUKHBIR SINGH v. STATE OF HARYANA B FEBRUARY 20, 2002 — Supreme Court of India (2002)
  • SUNIL BALKRISHNA BHOIR v. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA MAY 15, 2007 — Supreme Court of India (2007)
  • CHANDRA BIHARI GAUTAM AND ORS v. STATE OF BIHAR APRIL 15, 2002 B — Supreme Court of India (2002)
  • LAMBU v. STATE OF HARYANA — Supreme Court of India (2019)
  • SOMU v. THE STATE REP. BY THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE — Supreme Court of India (2020)

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