Knowingly joining or continuing in assembly of five or more persons after it has been commanded to disperse
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Summary
Joining or staying in a group of five or more people likely to disturb public peace after it has been lawfully ordered to disperse is an offence. It applies when a person knowingly joins the group or refuses to leave after the dispersal order. Punishment may be imprisonment up to six months, or a fine, or both. If the group already counts as an unlawful assembly, a different penal provision applies.
Example
Ravi joins a crowd of six outside a market after police order the crowd to disperse because it is becoming rowdy. Since he knowingly stays after the order, he can be punished with up to six months' imprisonment, or a fine, or both.
Bare Act
Enacted textWhoever 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.
Explanations
(1) If the assembly is an unlawful assembly within the meaning of section 141, the offender will be punishable under section 145.
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