Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Chapter VIII: Of Offences against the Public Tranquillity
Section 159: Affray
The Indian Penal Code, 1860 was repealed and replaced by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 from 1 July 2024. It still applies to offences and proceedings from before that date.
When 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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Source: India Code (Legislative Department), the text of the Act as it stood before its repeal. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here.
Supreme Court judgments citing the section 159
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