How does the law define fighting?

After being beaten by the other party, if one party leaves the scene conditionally to avoid being beaten, but does not leave, but entangles with the other party at the scene and counterattacks the other party, it is generally considered to be a mutual fight. Those who fight with each other and cause minor injuries will generally be punished by public security; Those who cause minor injuries or more may constitute intentional injury and will be investigated for criminal responsibility.

The legal treatment of fighting is as follows:

(1) If a fight causes more than minor injuries, it constitutes a crime of intentional injury, and criminal responsibility shall be investigated, and it shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance;

(2) Whoever causes serious injuries shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years;

(3) If a fight causes minor injuries, it shall be punished by public security, detained for more than five days and less than ten days, and fined for more than 200 yuan and less than 500 yuan.

The compensation standards for fighting injuries are as follows:

1, fighting causes injuries to others, but does not cause disability, it shall compensate for medical expenses;

2. If a fight causes disability, it shall also compensate the disabled person for his living allowance, self-help fee and disability compensation, as well as the living expenses necessary for the person who had no other source of income actually supported by the disabled person before the disability.

I hope the above content can help you. If in doubt, please consult a professional lawyer.

Legal basis:

Article 43 of the Public Security Administration Punishment Law

Beating others, or intentionally hurting others' bodies, shall be detained for more than five days and less than ten days, and a fine of more than 200 yuan and less than 500 yuan shall be imposed; If the circumstances are minor, they shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than five hundred yuan.

Under any of the following circumstances, the offender shall be detained for more than 10 and less than 15, and fined for more than 500 yuan 1000 yuan:

(a) gang beating, hurting others;

(2) Beating or injuring a disabled person, a pregnant woman, a person under the age of 14 or a person over the age of 60;

(3) Beating or injuring others for many times or beating or injuring more than one person at a time.

Article 234 of the Criminal Law

Whoever intentionally harms another person's body shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance.

Whoever commits the crime mentioned in the preceding paragraph and causes serious injuries shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years; Whoever causes death or serious disability by particularly cruel means shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years, life imprisonment or death. Where there are other provisions in this Law, such provisions shall prevail.