Section 116

Grievous hurt.

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

  • Act 45 of 2023
  • Ministry of Home Affairs
  • Department of Internal Security
About this Act

An Act to consolidate and amend the provisions relating to offences and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

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Chapter VI: Of offences affecting the human body Sections 100 to 146

    The following kinds of hurt only are designated as “grievous”, namely:—
    (a) Emasculation;
    (b) Permanent privation of the sight of either eye;
    (c) Permanent privation of the hearing of either ear;
    (d) Privation of any member or joint;
    (e) Destruction or permanent impairing of the powers of any member or joint;
    (f) Permanent disfiguration of the head or face;
    (g) Fracture or dislocation of a bone or tooth;
    (h) Any hurt which endangers life or which causes the sufferer to be during the space of fifteen days in severe bodily pain, or unable to follow his ordinary pursuits.

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