health or safety, or causes or tends to cause a riot or affray, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which
disturbance of the public tranquillity, or a riot, or an affray. (2) An order under this Section may, in cases of emergency or in cases ... human life, health or safety or for preventing a riot or any affray, it may, by notification, direct that an order made by a Magistrate
preventing the commission of an offence, or of suppressing a riot, or affray, or of apprehending a person charged with or guilty of an offence
endeavouring to disperse an unlawful assembly, or to suppress a riot or affray, or uses, or threatens, or attempts to use criminal force to such
Section 160 in The Indian Penal Code, 1860
160. Punishment for committing affray.—
Whoever commits an affray, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description
order into Coast Guard custody any other officer engaged in a quarrel, affray or disorder, though such other officer may be of a higher rank
Section 159 in The Indian Penal Code, 1860
159. Affray.—
When two or more persons, by fighting in a public place, disturb the public peace ... they are said to “commit an affray
acts of violence or by show of force; or (iii) habitually commits affray or breach of peace or riot, or habitually makes forcible collection
life, health or safety, or a
likelihood of a riot or an affray, the State Government, by
notification in the Official Gazette otherwise directs ... life, health or safety, or a likelihood of a
riot or an affray, the State Government, by
notification in the Official Gazette,
otherwise directs
life, health or safety, or a likelihood of a riot or an affray, the State Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, otherwise directs ... disturbance of the public tranquility, or a riot, or an affray. The order must state the material facts of the case and it must