BBanaka

BNS Section 118: Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter 6: Of Offences Affecting the Human Body - Of offences affecting life - Of hurt - Of wrongful restraint and wrongful confinement - Of criminal force and assault - Of kidnapping, abduction, slavery and forced labour

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118. (1) Whoever, except in the case provided for by sub-section (1) of section 122, voluntarily causes hurt by means of any instrument for shooting, stabbing or cutting, or any instrument which, used as a weapon of offence, is likely to cause death, or by means of fire or any heated substance, or by means of any poison or any corrosive substance, or by means of any explosive substance, or by means of any substance which it is deleterious to the human body to inhale, to swallow, or to receive into the blood, or by means of any animal, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine which may extend to twenty thousand rupees, or with both.

(2) Whoever, except in the case provided for by sub-section (2) of section 122, voluntarily causes grievous hurt by any means referred to in sub–section (1), shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than one year but which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.

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Replaces IPC 324, IPC 326. IPC → BNS converterSource: BPR&D BNS–IPC corresponding section table (UP Police, 2024-06-28)

Punishment, bail and trial

118(1)Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means.

Punishment
Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine of 20,000 rupees, or both.
Cognizable or not
Cognizable
Bailable or not
Non‑bailable
Triable by
Any Magistrate

118(2)Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means [except as provided in section 122(2)].

Punishment
Imprisonment for life or imprisonment of not less than 1 year but which may extend to 10 years and fine.
Cognizable or not
Cognizable
Bailable or not
Non‑bailable
Triable by
Magistrate of the first class

Source: BNSS First Schedule, Gazette of India, 25 December 2023, p. 165. The Schedule gives the substance of the section, not its full definition, and a State may have amended the classification for its territory. See it in the full First Schedule

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