Learn hurt and grievous hurt under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 with practical injury problems, statutory provisions and case law. This lesson covers BNS Sections 114–125 and explains how injury, intention, weapons and purpose affect criminal liability.
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Designed for LL.B. students, UGC NET Law and CLAT PG aspirants, and law university examinations, the lecture uses five revision headings: harm, head, hand, heart and haste.
KEY TOPICS
• Section 114: hurt, bodily pain, disease and infirmity.
• Section 116: the eight kinds of grievous hurt, including fractures, dislocation and the 15-day test.
• Sections 115 and 117: intention, knowledge, actual injury and punishment.
• Section 118: dangerous weapons or means and the human-bite cases.
• Sections 123 and 124: poison, acid attacks and attempts.
• Sections 119–122: extortion, confessions, public servants and grave and sudden provocation.
• Section 125: rash or negligent acts endangering life or personal safety.
• Custodial safeguards, D.K. Basu and confessions under BSA Sections 22–23.
• Grievous hurt versus culpable homicide, murder and attempts under BNS Sections 100, 101, 109 and 110.
CASES DISCUSSED
Jashanmal Jhamatmal v. Brahmanand Sarupanand (1943; AIR 1944 Sind 19)
Jamil Hasan v. State (1974)
Shakeel Ahmed v. State (Delhi), (2004) 10 SCC 103
D.K. Basu v. State of West Bengal (decided 1996; reported 1997)
Laxman v. State of Maharashtra (decided 1973; reported 1974)
The older IPC decisions are discussed alongside the corresponding BNS principles.
CHAPTERS
00:00 A lost tooth versus a knife wound
01:22 Overview: Sections 114–125
01:54 Section 114: meaning of hurt
02:46 Nervous shock and infirmity
03:58 Section 116: eight kinds of grievous hurt
05:45 The 15-day test and hospital stays
06:24 Section 115: intention and knowledge
07:58 Section 117: voluntarily causing grievous hurt
10:05 Disability and group violence
10:58 Section 118: dangerous weapons or means
12:05 Human bites: Jamil Hasan and Shakeel Ahmed
15:13 Section 123: poison and intent
16:13 Section 124: acid attacks and attempts
17:53 Section 119: hurt for extortion
18:49 Section 120: confessions and property
20:00 D.K. Basu and custodial safeguards
22:24 BSA Sections 22–23: confessions
23:41 Section 121: protecting public servants
24:32 Section 122: grave and sudden provocation
26:26 Section 125: rashness and negligence
27:45 Grievous hurt versus homicide
29:16 Laxman v. State of Maharashtra
31:22 Comparing grievous hurt, culpable homicide and murder
32:24 Five-point revision
CONTINUE LEARNING
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