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CHAPTER XVI OF OFFENCES AFFECTING THE HUMAN BODY · Of Hurt

Section 335: Voluntarily causing grievous hurt on provocation

The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (repealed)

Repealed by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.

Whoever 1[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 four years, or with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees, or with both.

Explanation.—The last two sections are subject to the same provisos as Exception 1, section 300.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Ins. by Act 8 of 1882, s. 8.

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

335. Voluntarily causing grievous hurt on provocation.BNS 122(2)

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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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