IPC Section 321 — Voluntarily causing hurt

hurt

Criminal

Summary

A person is said to voluntarily cause hurt when they do something intending to cause hurt to someone, or knowing that their action is likely to cause hurt, and that action actually causes hurt to that person.

Official Text

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”.

Related Judgments

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  • ... Revision Petitioners vs State of Tamil Nadu — Madras High Court (2017)
  • KAMIL v. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH — Supreme Court of India (2018)
  • S.C.R. 851 851 BALU SUDAM KHALDE & ANR v. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA — Supreme Court of India (2023)
  • MD. ABDUL SUFAN LASKAR & ORS v. STATE 565 OF ASSAM — Supreme Court of India (2008)
  • S.C.R. 857 RICHHPAL SINGH MEENA v. GHASI — Supreme Court of India (2014)
  • SETH SINGH v. THE STATE OF BIHAR — Supreme Court of India (2022)
  • ANWARUL HAQ v. THE ST A TE OF UTT AR PRADESH APRIL 26, 2005 — Supreme Court of India (2005)

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