How long can the crime of picking quarrels and causing minor injuries be sentenced?
According to Article 293 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), anyone who commits one of the following acts of provoking troubles and disrupting social order shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years, criminal detention or public surveillance: (1) beating others at will, and the circumstances are bad; (two) chasing, intercepting, insulting or intimidating others, and the circumstances are bad; (three) extortion or arbitrary damage, occupation of public or private property, if the circumstances are serious; (4) Causing serious disorder in public places. Whoever gathers people for many times to commit the acts mentioned in the preceding paragraph and seriously undermines social order shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than 10 years and may also be fined. According to Article 8 of the Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Laws in Handling Criminal Cases of affray, if an actor pleads guilty or repents, actively compensates the victim for losses or gains the victim's understanding, he may be given a lighter punishment; If the circumstances of the crime are minor, prosecution may not be instituted or criminal punishment may be exempted.