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CHAPTER VI OF OFFENCES AFFECTING THE HUMAN BODY · Of hurt

Section 122: Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt on provocation

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

(1) Whoever voluntarily causes hurt on grave and sudden provocation, if he neither intends nor knows himself to be likely to cause hurt to any person other than the person who gave the provocation, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both.

(2) Whoever voluntarily causes grievous hurt on grave and sudden provocation, if he neither intends nor knows himself to be likely to cause grievous hurt to any person other than the person who gave the provocation, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to five years, or with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees, or with both.

Explanation.—This section is subject to the same proviso as Exception 1 of section 101.

Corresponding IPC provision

As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table

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  1. 1. Under Section 122(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, voluntarily causing grievous hurt on grave and sudden provocation, where the offender neither intends nor knows himself likely to cause grievous hurt to anyone other than the person who gave the provocation, is punishable with imprisonment which may extend to

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