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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

The Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 322

VOLUNTARILY CAUSING GRIEVOUS HURT Whoever voluntarily causes hurt, if the hurt which he intends to cause or knows

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The Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 322 is part of The Indian Penal Code 1860 - VOLUNTARILY CAUSING GRIEVOUS HURT Whoever voluntarily causes hurt, if the hurt which he intends to cause or knows. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

SECTION 322: VOLUNTARILY CAUSING GRIEVOUS HURT Whoever voluntarily causes hurt, if the hurt which he intends to cause or knows himself to be likely to cause is grievous hurt, and if the hurt which he causes is grievous hurt, is said "voluntarily to cause grievous hurt". Explanation: A person is not said voluntarily to cause grievous hurt except when he both causes grievous hurt and intends or knows himself to be likely to cause grievous hurt. But he is said voluntarily to cause grievous hurt, if intending or knowing himself to be likely to cause grievous hurt of one kind, he actually causes grievous hurt of another kind. Illustration A, intending or knowing himself to be likely permanently to disfigure Z's face, gives Z a blow which does not permanently disfigure Z's face, but which causes Z to suffer severe bodily pain for the space of twenty days. A has voluntarily caused grievous hurt.

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Section Section 322 of the The Indian Penal Code 1860 (VOLUNTARILY CAUSING GRIEVOUS HURT Whoever voluntarily causes hurt, if the hurt which he intends to cause or knows) is reproduced on this page as part of the The Indian Penal Code 1860. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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