VidhiSangh

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Section 145: Joining or continuing in unlawful assembly, knowing it has been commanded to disperse

Repealed. Repealed from 1 July 2024. Use it for offences committed before repeal and other liabilities, investigations or proceedings preserved by BNS section 358; do not use it as the current general penal code.

Chapter VIII — Of Offences Against the Public Tranquillity

145. Whoever joins or continues in an unlawful assembly, knowing that such unlawful assembly has been commanded in the manner prescribed by law to disperse, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extent to two years, or with fine, or with both.

Source: official text of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.