Section 320 IPC - Grievous hurt definition

Section 320 IPC is now Section 116 of the BNS - the BNS replaced the IPC on 1 July 2024.

IPC → BNS: what changed

This section	Change	Remarks
Section 116 BNS	Modified	Suffering threshold period for grievous hurt is reduced from twenty days to fifteen days.

Section 320 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 deals with grievous hurt definition. Under the new law this is Section 116 of the BNS.

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