BNS, 2023 (Current Criminal Code)
Chapter XI: Of Offences Against the Public Tranquillity
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(1) An assembly of five or more persons is designated an 'unlawful assembly', if the common object of the persons composing that assembly is—
(a) to overawe by criminal force, or show of criminal force, the Central or State Government or Parliament or Legislature or public servant;
(b) to resist execution of any law or legal process;
(c) to commit mischief or criminal trespass;
(d) by criminal force to take possession of property or deprive any person of enjoyment of right;
(e) by criminal force to compel any person to do what he is not legally bound to do.
(2) Whoever is a member of an unlawful assembly shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both.
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Corresponding IPC (1860) Equivalent Provision
Direct Evolution
IPC Section 143 (Punishment for being member of an unlawful assembly)
Statutory Transition Note: Unlawful assembly definitions (IPC 141) and punishment (IPC 143) combined into Section 189 BNS.
View Corresponding IPC Section 143 →
