(a)emasculation;
Section history
Section 320 — Grievous hurt
As in force on 1 July 2020.
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- 30 March 1987 Enacted
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The following kinds of hurt only are designated as “grievous”:
(aa)death;
(b)permanent privation of the sight of either eye;
(c)permanent privation of the hearing of either ear;
(d)privation of any member or joint;
(e)destruction or permanent impairing of the powers of any member or joint;
(f)permanent disfiguration of the head or face;
(g)fracture or dislocation of a bone;
(h)any hurt which endangers life, or which causes the sufferer to be, during the space of 20 days, in severe bodily pain, or unable to follow his ordinary pursuits;
(i)penetration of the vagina or anus, as the case may be, of a person without that person’s consent, which causes severe bodily pain.
[Indian PC 1860, s. 320]