Legal Provisions of Section 143 of Indian Penal Code, 1860.
Punishment to a member of an unlawful assembly:
This section provides punishment to a member of an unlawful assembly. It says that whoever is a member of an unlawful assembly shall be punished with simple or rigorous imprisonment for a term extending up to six months, or with fine, or with both.
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In other words, this section prescribes penalty for every member of an unlawful assembly irrespective of the fact whether he commits some offence or does anything in prosecution to the common object of such assembly or not. Mere membership of an unlawful assembly has been made punishable. The common object of an unlawful assembly need not be translated into action. A common object may have been foiled or rendered unsuccessful because of any reason, but that does not make any difference as far as the liability of the members of the assembly under this section is concerned.
The offence under this section is cognizable, bailable and non-compoundable, and its triable by any magistrate.