IPC 158 — Being hired to take part in an unlawful assembly or riot;

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Statutory text

158. Being hired to take part in an unlawful assembly or  riot;--
Whoever is engaged, or hired, or offers or  attempts  to  be  hired or

engaged, to do or assist in doing any of the acts specified in section
141, shall be punished with imprisonment of  either  description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both.
or to go armed.
or to go armed.--and  whoever,  being  so  engaged  or  hired  as aforesaid, goes armed, or engages  or  offers  to  go  armed, with any deadly weapon or with anything which used as  a  weapon  of offence is likely to cause death, shall be punished with imprisonment  of  either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.

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