Know about the IPC sections 144, 151 under which Rahul Gandhi got arrested in Uttar Pradesh

Know about the IPC sections 144, 151 under which Rahul Gandhi
got arrested in Uttar Pradesh

After 19 Hours Uttar Pradesh Police arrested Rahul Gandhi in Bhatta Parsaul village in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida

Indian Penal Code (IPC) 1860


Section 144 –
Joining unlawful assembly armed with deadly weapon –

Whoever, being armed with any deadly weapon, or with anything which, used as a weapon of offence, is likely to cause death, is a member of an unlawful assembly,
shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.

Section 151-
Knowingly joining or continuing in assembly of five or more persons after it has been commanded to disperse –

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 with the meaning of section 141, the offender will be punishable under section 145.

Section 141.
Unlawful assembly –

An assembly of five or more persons is designated an "unlawful assembly", if the common object of the persons composing that assembly is-

First-To overawe by criminal force, or show of criminal force, 1[the Central or any State Government of Parliament or the Legislature of any State], or any public servant
in the exercise of the lawful power of such public servant; or

Second-To resist the execution of any law, or of any legal process; or

Third-To commit any mischief or criminal trespass, or other offence; or

Fourth-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

Fifth-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.

Explanation-An assembly which was not unlawful when it assembled, may subsequently become an unlawful assembly.

Section 145.

Joining or continuing in unlawful assembly, knowing it has been commanded to disperse –
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 extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.

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