BNS 115: earlier IPC 321 and 323

Section 115 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 replaces Sections 321 and 323 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. BNS 115 deals with voluntarily causing hurt. It brings 2 old provisions together. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024. Both texts are set out below, side by side, with the changed words marked.

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita

BNS 115 was IPC 321 and 323.

Voluntarily causing hurt. · It brings 2 old provisions together.

Merged

Came from

Old wording kept in full

Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. XVI

s. 321

Voluntarily causing hurt

Whoever does any act with the intention of thereby causing hurt to any person, or with the knowledge that he is likely thereby to cause hurt to any person, and does thereby cause hurt to any person, is said “voluntarily to cause hurt”.

Text from the official India Code PDF

New · BNS 2023 · Ch. VI

s. 115(1)of section 115

Voluntarily causing hurt.

(1) Whoever does any act with the intention of thereby causing hurt to any person, or with the knowledge that he is likely thereby to cause hurt to any person, and does thereby cause hurt to any person, is said “voluntarily to cause hurt”.

Text from India Code