IPC Section 144 is now BNS Section 189(4)

IPC 144 (Joining unlawful assembly armed with deadly weapon) → BNS 189(4) Unlawful assembly

Verbatim · BNS 189(4)(4) 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.

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.