Whoever, except in the case provided for by section 334, voluntarily causes hurt by means of any instrument for shooting, stabbing or cutting, or any instrument which, used as a weapon of offence, is likely to cause death, or by means of fire or any heated substance, or by means of any poison or any corrosive substance, or by means of any explosive substance or by means of any substance which it is deleterious to the human body to inhale, to swallow, or to receive into the blood, or by means of any animal, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.
CHAPTER XVI OF OFFENCES AFFECTING THE HUMAN BODY · Of Hurt
Section 324: Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means
The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (repealed)
Repealed by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.
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
| 324. Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means. | BNS 118(1) |
Questions on this section
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1. Consider the following statements regarding Section 118 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023: 1. Voluntarily causing hurt by means of any animal falls within Section 118(1). 2. Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by any means referred to in Section 118(1) is punishable with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of not less than one year which may extend to ten years, and fine. 3. Section 118(1) applies even where the hurt is caused on grave and sudden provocation within Section 122(1). Which of the statements given above is/are correct?