Section 116 BNS – Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 & equivalent IPC Section

Section-116 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023: Grievous hurt – with corresponding and equivalent Sections of IPC-Indian Penal Code.

Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023Indian Penal Code, 1860 (corresponding section)
116. 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.
320. Grievous hurt.—The following kinds of hurt only are designated as “grievous”:—  
First.—Emasculation.  
Secondly.—Permanent privation of the sight of either eye.  
Thirdly.—Permanent privation of the hearing of either ear.  
Fourthly.—Privation of any member or joint.  
Fifthly.—Destruction or permanent impairing of the powers of any member or joint.  
Sixthly.—Permanent disfiguration of the head or face.  
Seventhly.—Fracture or dislocation of a bone or tooth.  
Eighthly.—Any hurt which endangers life or which causes the sufferer to be during the space of twenty days in severe bodily pain, or unable to follow his ordinary pursuits.

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