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IPC Section 141 is now BNS Section 189(1)

Verbatim · BNS 189(1)(1) An assembly of five or more persons is designated an “unlawful assembly”, if the common object of the persons composing that assembly is — (a) to overawe by criminal force, or show of criminal force, the Central Government or any State Government or Parliament or the Legislature of any State, or any public servant in the exercise of the lawful power of such public servant; or (b) to resist the execution of any law, or of any legal process; or (c) to commit any mischief or criminal trespass, or other offence; or (d) by means of criminal force, or show of criminal force, to any person, to ta…

Read the full BNS Section 189 →

Offences committed before 1 July 2024 are still charged and tried under the IPC; the BNS applies to offences on or after that date.

Old-to-new correspondence is indicative and not always one-to-one; read the new text itself.