Two hundred sixteen mutants of chilli were evaluated to study the genetic variability as well as association for12 growth and fruit characters along with quantitative characters. Significant variation exists among all the M3 mutantsstudied for yield and its components. The least differences between genotypic and phenotypic coefficient of variationobserved which indicates environmental influence for the expression of most of the traits. High heritability estimates withhigh genetic advance as per cent mean observed for characters like plant height, number of primary branches plant-1, numberof secondary branches plant-1, number of fruits plant-1, fruit length, fruit width, fruit diameter and fruit yield plant-1 revealedthat these characters are under the control of additive gene action. Plant height, number of primary branches plant-1, numberof secondary branches plant-1, number of fruits plant-1, fruit length and fruit weight were highly associated with dry fruityield plant-1. Estimates of path analysis reveals that days to 50 per cent flowering, number of fruits plant-1, fruit length, fruitweight and number of seeds per fruit-1 were the five factors that extends the greater influence both directly and indirectlyupon the dry fruit yield plant-1, these five traits were important components that involved dry fruit yield plant-1. Thegenotype B. dabbi recorded highest colour value of 118.35 (ASTA) and ascorbic acid of 110.23 mg/g. Genotype Indam 5recorded highest capsaicin of 0.41 per cent.