Criminal Offenses

IPC Section – 330 – 331 Cognizable offence(1) punishable with imprisonment for seven years andfine for voluntarily causing hurt.(2) punishable with imprisonment for ten years andfine for voluntarily causing grievous hurt. Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to extort confession, or to compel restoration of property (1) Whoever voluntarily causes hurt, for the purpose of extorting…

IPC Section – 327 – 329 Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal to an act (1) Whoever voluntarily causes hurt, for the purpose of extorting from the sufferer, or from any person interested in the sufferer, any property or valuable security, or of constraining the sufferer or…

IPC Section – 324 – 326 Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means (1) Whoever, except in the case provided for by sub-section (1) of section 120, 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…

IPC Section – 322 – 325 Voluntarily causing grievous hurt (1)Whoever voluntarily causes hurt, if the hurt which he intends to cause or knows himself to be likely to cause is grievous hurt, and if the hurt which he causes is grievous hurt, is said “voluntarily to cause grievous hurt”. (2) Whoever, except in the case…

IPC Section – 320 Note: In section 116 of the BNS, 2023 the number ofdays provided for the sufferer in severe bodily pain forthe purpose of ‘grievous hurt’ has been reduced from’20 days’ to ’15 days’. It is done keeping in view theadvancement in the medical treatment which providesquicker recovery. Grievous hurt The following kinds…

IPC Section – 323 Non-CognizablePunishable with Imprisonment for one year or withfine which may extend to ten thousand rupees, or withboth.Note: Fine increased Voluntarily causing hurt (1) Whoever does any act with the intention of thereby causing hurt to any person, or with the knowledge that he is likely thereby to cause hurt to any person,…

IPC Section – 319 Whoever causes bodily pain, disease or infirmity to any person is said to cause hurt. Key Points on Hurt Definition of Hurt Hurt is caused when any person inflicts bodily pain, disease, or infirmity on another individual. The scope of this term is broad and includes a wide variety of actions…

IPC Section – New Provision Offence of terrorist act (1) A person is said to have committed a terrorist act if he commits any act in India or in any foreign country with the intention to threaten the unity, integrity and security of India, to intimidate the general public or a segment thereof, or to disturb…

IPC Section – New Provision Petty organised crime or organised in general (1) Any crime that causes general feelings of insecurity among citizens relating to theft of vehicle or theft from vehicle, domestic and business theft, trick theft, cargo crime, theft (attempt to theft, theft of personal property), organised pick pocketing, snatching, theft through shoplifting or card…

IPC Section – New Provision Organised crime (1) Any continuing unlawful activity including kidnapping, robbery, vehicle theft, extortion, land grabbing, contract killing, economic offences, cyber-crimes having severe consequences, trafficking in people, drugs, illicit goods or services and weapons, human trafficking racket for prostitution or ransom by the effort of groups of individuals acting in concert, singly…