![]() Forcible possession and dispossession of property.Commission of mischief, criminal trespass and any other offence.Resistance to the execution of legal process.Overawing the Central or a state government or its officers.The ‘object’ in section 141 has been specified as follows: The expression ‘common object’ implies that the object should be shared and possessed by all the members of the assembly. There is usually a confusion that arises with the word ‘object’ here object means purpose or design and not ‘same’ object. The major ingredients of this section are that there was an assembly of five persons or more and they have a common object, this common object must be one the five specified in this section. Section 141 reveals that the essence of an unlawful assembly is the collective committing of an offence by five or more persons. The Penal Code provides for vicarious liability to deter people from committing crimes in groups. The main reason that there is criminalization of unlawful assembly is to preserve public peace and order. Promoting enmity between different classes.These offences can be broadly divided into the following: Chapter VIII of the Indian Penal Code from section 141-160 deals with ‘Offences against Public Tranquility.’ These are generally group offences that have led to disturbance of public order and peace such offences are considered to be both against the state, person and property.
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