VidhiSangh

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Section 151: Knowingly joining or continuing in assembly of five or more persons after 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Repealed. Repealed from 1 July 2024.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

151. Whoever knowingly joins or continues in any assembly of five or more persons likely to cause a disturbance of the public peace, after such assembly has been lawfully commanded to disperse, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both.

Explanation.-If the assembly is an unlawful assembly within the meaning of section 141, the offender will be punishable under section

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