BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023 · SECTION 116

BNS Section 116 — Grievous hurt

Section 116 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Grievous hurt”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.

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Statutory text

116. Grievous hurt.—The following kinds of hurt only are designated as “grievous”, namely:— ¶

(a) Emasculation; ¶

(b) Permanent privation of the sight of either eye; ¶

(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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