SECTION 141 IPC - Indian Penal Code - Unlawful assembly
Last Updated: 01 Nov, 2024
By Advocate Chikirsha Mohanty
(First, second, third, fourth, fifth, have been replaced by (a),(b),( c), (d) and( e).)
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- To overawe by criminal force, or show of criminal force, the Central or any State Government or Parliament or the Legislature of any State, or any public servant in the exercise of the lawful power of such public servant; or
- To resist the execution of any law, or of any legal process; or
- To commit any mischief or criminal trespass, or other offence; or
- By means of criminal force, or show of criminal force, to any person 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; or
- By means of criminal force, or show of criminal force, 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.
IPC 141 in Simple Words
An assembly of five or more people is considered an unlawful assembly if they have a common goal of using criminal force to intimidate the government, resist the law, commit offenses, take property forcefully, or coerce someone to act against their legal rights.
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