BNS Section 117: (1) Voluntarily causing grievous hurt punishment
Equivalent Legacy Law: IPC Section 322
Procedural Classification Summary
Voluntarily causing grievous
Bailable: Bailable (Bail is a legal right — granted at police station)
Cognizable: Cognizable (Police can arrest without warrant)
Triable by: Any Magistrate
Punishment: Imprisonment for 7 yearshurt.and fine
If hurt to results in
Bailable: Non-bailable (Bail can only be granted by the Judiciary)
Cognizable: Cognizable (Police can arrest without warrant)
Triable by: Court of Session
Punishment: Rigorous imprisonment forpermanent disability ornot less than 10 years but persistent vegetative state.which may extend to imprisonment for life which shall mean the remainder of that person's natural life
Grievous hurt caused by a
Bailable: Non-bailable (Bail can only be granted by the Judiciary)
Cognizable: Cognizable (Police can arrest without warrant)
Triable by: Court of Session
Punishment: Imprisonment for 7 yearsgroup of 5 or more persons. and fine
Official Legal Provision / Summary
No change. 117 (2) Punishment for voluntarily causing grievous hurt. 325 Formal changes but essence is same. 117 (3) Voluntarily causing grievous hurt. - New addition. “Whoever commits an offence under sub-section (1) and in the course of such commission causes any hurt to a person which causes that person to be in permanent disability or in persistent vegetative state, shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than ten years but which may extend to imprisonment for life, which shall mean imprisonment for the remainder of that person’s natural life”. 117 (4) Voluntarily causing grievous hurt. - New addition. “When a group of five or more persons acting in concert, causes grievous hurt to a person on the ground of his race, caste or community, sex, place of birth, language, personal belief or any other similar ground, each member of such group shall be guilty of the offence of causing grievous hurt, and shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine”.