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

  • ABHISHEK @ PRITAM vs STATE OF THE NCT OF DELHI — Delhi High Court (2015)
  • MOHD.AHMAD HUSSAIN; Represented by:; Mr.Rajender Chhabra, Advocate vs STATE — Delhi High Court (2014)
  • MOHD. YUSUF vs STATE — Delhi High Court (2013)
  • PRAMOD GOYAL vs STATE & ORS — Delhi High Court (2016)

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