Section 194 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Affray”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
194. Affray.—(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. ¶
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