Bare ActsIndian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC)

Section 320

Grievous hurt

The IPC 1860 was replaced by the BNS 2023 (in force 2024-07-01); no verified section mapping on file for Section 320 — confirm the corresponding provision (savings: Section 358, BNS 2023).

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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