Section159
Affray
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Summary
Two or more people who fight in a public place and thereby disturb the public peace are said to commit an affray. The label applies only when the fighting happens in public and affects bystanders or general order. It is a legal classification used to identify that offence.
Example
Ravi and Aditya start fighting outside a market, scaring shoppers and blocking the road. Because two or more persons fought in a public place and disturbed the public peace, their conduct amounts to an affray.
Bare Act
Enacted textWhen two or more persons, by fighting in a public place, disturb the public peace, they are said to “commit an affray”.
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