Section 159 IPC defines 'affray' as:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B.
1. Section 159 IPC defines 'affray' as: 'When two or more persons, by fighting in a public place, disturb the public peace, they are said to commit an affray.'
2. Essential ingredients: (i) two or more persons; (ii) fighting (not mere quarrelling); (iii) in a PUBLIC place; (iv) disturbing the public peace.
3. The offence is punishable under Section 160 — up to one month, or Rs 100 fine, or both.
4. A solo violent display is not affray; a private quarrel is not affray.
5. Hence option A is correct.
_Source: Indian Penal Code 1860 / Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 / Indian Evidence Act 1872 (Bare Acts, indiacode.nic.in) — IPC, Section 159_
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