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Use of abusive language would only amount to assault if coupled with a gesture that indicates use of criminal force, a Delhi Court held as it acquitted a man who faced trial for allegedly obstructing Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi [State v. Gaurav Sahni].