Principle Assault is causing bodily injury to another person by use of physical force Facts Rustum w...........

Indian Penal Code (IPC) 1860 Offences affecting the Human Body

Principle: Assault is causing bodily injury to another person by use of physical force.

Facts: Rustum while entering into compartment of a train raised his fist in anger towards a person Sheetal, just in front of him in the row, to get way to enter into the train first, but did not hit him. Rustum has:

committed an assault on Sheetal

insulted Sheetal

not committed an assault on Sheetal

Rightly showed his anger

Explanation:

Straightforward from the principle, it says that assault is causing bodily injury to another person.
And here Sheetal did not get any harm so Rustum has not committed assault.
Hence, not committed an assault on Sheetal.