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Question
Principle: A person is said to have committed assault when apprehension is caused in the mind of a person that he is about to use physical force against his body.
Facts: 'A' abuses 'B' while he was sitting in a moving train, by aggressively shaking his fists when 'B' was standing on the railway platform at a distance.
Options
'A' has caused fear of assault in the mind of 'B'.
'A' has committed assault against 'B'.
A has not committed assault against 'B'.
'A' has caused apprehension of assault in the mind of 'B'.
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Solution
A has not committed assault against 'B'.
Explanation:
Mere words do not amount to an assault. Here in the above-noted problem B was standing at a distance. For the assault, there must be minimum touching body of A. The reasonable conclusion drawn A has not committed assault against B. Hence "A has not committed assault against 'B'" is correct.
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