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The principle is to be applied to the given facts and to choose the most appropriate option
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:
Options
insulted Sheetal
Rightly showed his anger
committed an assault on Sheetal
not committed an assault on Sheetal
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Solution
not committed an assault on Sheetal
Explanation:
Rustum did not cause any bodily injury to Sheetal and thus there is no assault.
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