Grievous hurt
Chapter 6: Offences affecting the human body
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.
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023). As printed in the Gazette on 25 December 2023. Later amendments, if any, are not included.
Related sections
- 114HurtIPC 319
- 115Voluntarily causing hurtIPC 321, 323
- 117Voluntarily causing grievous hurtIPC 322, 325
- 118Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or meansIPC 324, 326
- 119Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal actIPC 327
- 120Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to extort confession, or to compel restoration of propertyIPC 330, 331