BNS Section 122: (1) Voluntarily causing provocation hurt on
Equivalent Legacy Law: IPC Section 334
Procedural Classification Summary
Voluntarily causing hurt on
Bailable: Bailable (Bail is a legal right — granted at police station)
Cognizable: Non-cognizable (Police cannot arrest without warrant)
Triable by: Any Magistrate
Punishment: Imprisonment for 1 month,grave and sudden provocation, or fine of 5,000 rupees, or not intending to hurt anyboth. other than the person who gave the provocation
Causing grievous hurt on
Bailable: Bailable (Bail is a legal right — granted at police station)
Cognizable: Cognizable (Police can arrest without warrant)
Triable by: Magistrate of the first class
Punishment: Imprisonment for 5 years,grave and suddenor fine of 10,000 rupees,class. provocation, not intending or both. to hurt any other than the person who gave the provocation
Official Legal Provision / Summary
IPC section is included as a subsection in BNS. Fine is increased from five hundred to five thousand rupees 122 (2) Voluntarily causing grievous hurt on provocation. 335 IPC section is included as a sub-section in BNS sans heading. Imprisonment is increased from four to five years and fine is increased from two thousand to ten thousand rupees.