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Hurt and Grievous Hurt
Hurt and Grievous Hurt
Hurt and Grievous Hurt
Sec-319 Hurt
Whoever causes bodily pain ,
disease or infirmity(physical or
mental weakness) to any person is
said to cause hurt .
Essentials of hurt -: bodily pain
disease or
infirmity to
another
Section 336
Act Endangering life or personal
safety of others:- Whoever does any
act so rashly or negligently as to
endanger human life or the personal
safety of others.
Punishment:- imprisonment of either
description for a term of which may
extend to 3 months, or with fine
which may extent to 250 rupees , or
with both.
Emasculation
This clauses confined to males only .
It means unsexing a man or
depriving a man of his virility. This
clause was inserted to counteract the
practice common in this country for
women to squeeze mens testicles on
the slightest provocation.
Emasculation may be caused in a
variety of ways to bring the case
under this clause the impotency
Injury to eyesight.
The second kind is causing injury to
eyesight. The test of gravity is the
permanency of the injury caused to
one eye or both eyes.
Deprivation of hearing
Causing deafness is the third kind of
grievous hurt. It may be with respect to
one ear or both ears. To attract this clause
the deafness caused must be permanent.
Loss of limb or joint:- the expression used
in this section is deprivation of any
member, section or joint, crippling a man
with life- long misery. The term member is
used to mean nothing more than an organ
or a limb.
Impairing of limb.
Limbs and joint are essential part of body
that help in the discharge of normal
transactions incidental to ordinary life.
Destruction or permanent impairing of the
powers of any member or joint is the fifth
kind of grievous hurt. Disabling is
distinguishable from disfiguring as
discussed in the sixth clause. To disfigure
means to cause some external injury which
detracts from persons personal apperance.