Indian Penal Code
(IPC)
Grievous hurt.
Chapter 16: Of Offences Affecting the Human Body
Section: 320
The following kinds of hurt only are designated as “grievous”:— (First) — Emasculation. (Secondly) — Permanent privation of the sight of either eye. (Thirdly) — Permanent privation of the hearing of either ear, (Fourthly) — Privation of any member or joint. (Fifthly) — Destruction or permanent impairing of the powers of any member or joint. (Sixthly) — Permanent disfiguration of the head or face. (Seventhly) — Fracture or dislocation of a bone or tooth. (Eighthly) — Any hurt which endangers life or which causes the sufferer to be during the space of twenty days in severe bodily pain, or unable to follow his ordinary pursuits.
