IPC · Chapter VIII · Of offences against the public tranquillity
IPC section 160, “Punishment for committing affray”, is now BNS section 194(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, in force from 1 July 2024.
Now sub-section (2) of BNS section 194. The maximum fine for affray rises from ₹100 to ₹1,000; imprisonment stays at up to one month.
Indian Penal Code, 1860
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.
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
The part that carries IPC 160 is marked.
(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.
The texts are India Code’s. The amendment markers and footnotes of the official print are left out, so the old section reads as it stood when it was repealed; State amendments are not shown. The PDFs linked below carry the full history.
The BNS repealed the IPC from 1 July 2024 (section 358(1)). The repeal does not reach back: under section 358(2), penalties and punishments incurred for offences committed against the IPC still stand, and proceedings for them may be started, continued and enforced as if the IPC had not been repealed. An act done before 1 July 2024 is therefore dealt with under the IPC section; an act done on or after that date, under the BNS.
