Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Chapter VIII: Of Offences against the Public Tranquillity
Section 160: Punishment for committing 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The Indian Penal Code, 1860 was repealed and replaced by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 from 1 July 2024.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.
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 hundred rupees, or with both.
State amendments to this section
Uttar Pradesh Abatement of certain trials.— Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, —
(1) the trial of an accused for —
(a) an offence punishable under — “(i) the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988; or ”
(ii) the Public Gambling Act, 1867, not being an offence punishable under section 3 of that Act or an offence in respect of wagering punishable under section 13 of that Act; or
(iii) section 34 of the Police Act, 1861; or
(iv) section 160 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; or
(b) any other offence punishable with fine only, or
(2) a procedure, under section 107 or section 109 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, pending before a Magistrate on the date of commencement of this Act from before “December 31, 2015” shall abate. [Vide the Uttar Pradesh Act 35 of 1979, s. 9, and amended by Uttar Pradesh Act 29 of 2016 and 9 of 2018].
Corresponding sections were matched by comparing the wording of both official texts, and for the IPC and BNS, also against a published correspondence table. Wording, punishments and structure often changed, so read both sections before relying on the match.
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.