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SECTION 159 IPC - Indian Penal Code - Affray
Last Updated: 01 Apr, 2024
By Advocate Chikirsha Mohanty
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When two or more persons, by fighting in a public place, disturb the public peace, they are said to “commit an affray”.
IPC 159 in Simple Words
When two or more people get into a public fight that disturbs the peace, they are said to have committed an affray.
The section 159 of the IPC defines an affray as when two or more people fight in a public area and disturb public order. Section 160 of the IPC defines the punishment for committing an affray as a fine or imprisonment up to a month.
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