IPC Section 322 — Voluntarily causing grievous hurt

Summary

A person is said to have voluntarily caused grievous hurt if they intentionally or knowingly cause hurt that is serious in nature, and the hurt they actually cause is also serious. This means the person must have intended or known that their action would lead to grievous hurt, and the injury that results must match that level of severity.

Official Text

Whoever voluntarily causes hurt, if the hurt which he intends to cause or knows himself to be likely to cause is grievous hurt, and if the hurt which he causes is grievous hurt, is said “voluntarily to cause grievous hurt”.

Old <-> New Code Mapping

• BNS §117 — Voluntarily causing grievous hurt