CHAPTER XVI OF OFFENCES AFFECTING THE HUMAN BODY · Of Criminal Force and Assault
The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (repealed)
Repealed by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.
Whoever assaults or uses criminal force to any person on grave and sudden provocation given by that person, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees, or with both.
Explanation.—The last section is subject to the same Explanation as section 352.
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
| 358. Assault or criminal force on grave provocation. | BNS 136 |
1 question in 4 of our papers cite Section 358.