Section 351(c) in The Jammu and Kashmir State Ranbir Penal Code, 1989
(c)A takes up stick, saying to Z, "I will give you a beating." Herethough the words used by A could in no case amount to an asault and though the mere gesture, unaccompanied by any other circumstances, might not amount to an assault, the gesture explained by the words may amount to an assault.
