Landmark case · Law of Crimes · Semester 2

Mohan Singh v. State of Punjab

AIR 1963 SC 174 · Supreme Court of India

An assembly of five or more persons with a common object prohibited by the unlawful-assembly provision is guilty of that offence even if some members later drop out, if five remain.

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Offences against the State and public tranquillity — Unit IV, Law of Crimes.

Related sections:

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, 147–152 — Waging war and acts endangering sovereignty, unity and integrity of India (IPC 121–124A)
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, 189–191 — Unlawful assembly and rioting (IPC 141–148)
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, 196 — Affray (IPC 159–160)