BBanaka

BNS Section 122: Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt on provocation

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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122. (1) Whoever voluntarily causes hurt on grave and sudden provocation, if he neither intends nor knows himself to be likely to cause hurt to any person other than the person who gave the provocation, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both.

(2) Whoever voluntarily causes grievous hurt on grave and sudden provocation, if he neither intends nor knows himself to be likely to cause grievous hurt to any person other than the person who gave the provocation, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to five years, or with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees, or with both.

Explanation.—This section is subject to the same proviso as Exception 1 of section 101.

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Replaces IPC 334, IPC 335. IPC → BNS converterSource: BPR&D BNS–IPC corresponding section table (UP Police, 2024-06-28)

Punishment, bail and trial

122(1)Voluntarily causing hurt on grave and sudden provocation, not intending to hurt any other than the person who gave the provocation.

Punishment
Imprisonment for 1 month, or fine of 5,000 rupees, or both.
Cognizable or not
Non‑cognizable
Bailable or not
Bailable
Triable by
Any Magistrate

122(2)Causing grievous hurt on grave and sudden provocation, not intending to hurt any other than the person who gave the provocation.

Punishment
Imprisonment for 5 years, or fine of 10,000 rupees, or both.
Cognizable or not
Cognizable
Bailable or not
Bailable
Triable by
Magistrate of the first class

Source: BNSS First Schedule, Gazette of India, 25 December 2023, p. 166. 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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