IPC Section 150 — Hiring, or conniving at hiring, of persons to join unlawful assembly

offences against the public tranquillity

Criminal

Summary

Whoever hires, employs, or encourages someone to join an unlawful assembly, or allows such hiring to happen, can be punished just like a member of that unlawful assembly. They can also be punished for any crime that the hired person commits as part of that assembly, as if they had committed the crime themselves.

Official Text

Whoever hires or engages, or employees, or promotes, or connives at the hiring, engagement or employment of any person to join or become a member of any unlawful assembly, shall be punishable as a member of such unlawful assembly, and for any offence which may be committed by any such person as a member of such unlawful assembly in pursuance of such hiring, engagement or employment, in the same manner as if he had been a member of such unlawful assembly, or himself had committed such offence.

Related Judgments

  • SC (1955) Vol.1 p.1201 — Supreme Court of India (1955)
  • SOMU v. THE STATE REP. BY THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE — Supreme Court of India (2020)
  • S.C.R. 518 A AKBAR SHEIKH & ORS v. STATE OF WEST BENGAL C — Supreme Court of India (2009)
  • CRL OP(MD)/7922/2019 — Madras High Court ()
  • SC (2025) Vol.11 p.60 — Supreme Court of India (2025)
  • SINHA v. UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. SEPTEMBER 13, 1991 — Supreme Court of India (S)
  • S.C.R. 772 VIRENDRA SINGH v. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH — Supreme Court of India (2010)
  • S.C.R. 594 MUTHURAMALINGAM & ORS v. STATE REPRESENTED BY INSPECTOR OF POLICE — Supreme Court of India (2016)

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