Library/BNS/Section 189
Section 189N/ADEFINITION

Unlawful assembly.

Full Text

(1) An assembly of five or more persons is designated an "unlawful assembly", if the common object of the persons composing that assembly is—\n(i) to overawe by criminal force, or show of criminal force, the Central Government 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\n(ii) to resist the execution of any law, or of any legal process; or\n(iii) to commit any mischief or criminal trespass, or other offence; or\n(iv) 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\n(v) 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.

Plain English Summary

Defines an "unlawful assembly" as a group of 5+ people with specific illegal common objects.

Punishment

N/A

Practical Note

Equivalent to IPC 141. Foundation for offences like rioting.

हिंदी पाठ

विधि-विरुद्ध जमाव।\n(1) पांच या अधिक व्यक्तियों का जमाव "विधि-विरुद्ध जमाव" (unlawful assembly) कहलाता है, यदि उन व्यक्तियों का, जिनसे वह जमाव गठित है, सामान्य उद्देश्य—\n(i) केंद्रीय सरकार को या किसी राज्य सरकार को या संसद को या किसी राज्य के विधानमंडल को, या किसी लोक सेवक को, जब वह लोक सेवक की विधिपूर्ण शक्ति का प्रयोग कर रहा हो, आपराधिक बल द्वारा या आपराधिक बल के प्रदर्शन द्वारा आतंकित करना हो; या\n(ii) किसी विधि के या किसी विधिक प्रक्रिया के निष्पादन का प्रतिरोध करना हो; या\n(iii) कोई रिष्टि या आपराधिक अतिचार या अन्य अपराध करना हो...