The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

§115 — 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, and does thereby cause hurt to any person, is said “voluntarily to cause hurt”.

(2) Whoever, except in the case provided for by sub-section (1) of section 122 voluntarily causes hurt, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees, or with both.

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Mergedold law ⇄ new law

Old lawIPC §321Voluntarily causing hurt New lawBNS §115Voluntarily causing hurt

IPC §321 → BNS §115 per the official NCRB Sankalan table. BNS §115 consolidates multiple IPC sections. Marked "(Change)" — substance modified; compare texts.

Mergedold law ⇄ new law

Old lawIPC §323Punishment for voluntarily causing hurt New lawBNS §115Voluntarily causing hurt

IPC §323 → BNS §115 per the official NCRB Sankalan table. BNS §115 consolidates multiple IPC sections. Marked "(Change)" — substance modified; compare texts.

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Official text: Gazette of India via MHA (official) ↗

Official Gazette text: The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023), English PDF as hosted by Ministry of Home Affairs (mha.gov.in, file 250883_english_01042024.pdf; canonical mirror indiacode.nic.in bitstream a202345.pdf). Extracted via pdftotext 26.07 -layout and @nexlex/ingest gazette-pdf parser on 2026-07-14. Automated parse; structural validation + spot verification of sections 1, 63, 103, 302, 358; full clause-level proofread pending.

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