Nothing is an offence by reason that it causes, or that it is intended to cause, or that it is known to be likely to cause, any harm, if that harm is so slight that no person of ordinary sense and temper would complain of such harm.
CHAPTER III GENERAL EXCEPTIONS
Section 33: Act causing slight harm
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
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
Questions on this section
3 questions in 8 of our papers cite Section 33. Try these from the free papers:
1. Section 33 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 provides that nothing is an offence by reason of harm so slight that no person of ordinary sense and temper would complain of it. Which maxim does this provision embody?
2. "De minimis non curat lex" means: