<prompt> Person had a fight with a neighour where he assaulted him, he can be booked under44 IPC319 IPC320 IPC351 IPC  <response>: Assault: An offer of threat or attempt to apply force to the body of another in a hostile manner Sec. 351 IPC.1 It does not matter whether it injures him physically or not. Shaking of head or showing of a fist at a person in a hostile manner will constitute an assault. Ref - Krishan Vij textbook of forensic medicine and toxicology 5e pg : 210 