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CHAPTER XVI OF OFFENCES AFFECTING THE HUMAN BODY · Of Hurt

Section 319: Hurt

The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (repealed)

Repealed by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.

Whoever causes bodily pain, disease or infirmity to any person is said to cause hurt.

Now in the BNS

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

319. HurtBNS 114

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