Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Section 321

IPC 321 in BNS: Section 115(1)

Section 321 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 corresponds to Section 115(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. IPC 321 deals with voluntarily causing hurt. BNS 115 brings it together with IPC 323. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024, replacing the IPC.

Indian Penal Code

IPC 321 is now BNS 115(1).

Voluntarily causing hurt · BNS 115 brings it together with IPC 323.

Merged
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

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