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CHAPTER XI OF OFFENCES AGAINST THE PUBLIC TRANQUILLITY

Section 194: Affray

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

(1) When two or more persons, by fighting in a public place, disturb the public peace, they are said to commit an affray.

(2) Whoever commits an affray, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.

Corresponding IPC provision

As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table

Questions on this section

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  1. 1. A and B, two adults, quarrel and start fighting with each other in a crowded public market, thereby disturbing the public peace. No other person joins them. They have committed

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