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Section 320 in India defines
grievous hurt Section 320 in India defines grievous hurt. The punishment is enhanced when the hurt is grievous. The text The following kinds of hurt only are designated as "Grievous": ;First Emasculation ;Second Permanent privation of the sight of either e ...
. The
punishment Punishment, commonly, is the imposition of an undesirable or unpleasant outcome upon a group or individual, meted out by an authority—in contexts ranging from child discipline to criminal law—as a response and deterrent to a particular acti ...
is enhanced when the hurt is grievous.


The text

The following kinds of hurt only are designated as "Grievous": ;First Emasculation ;Second Permanent privation of the sight of either eye ;Third Permanent privation of the hearing of either ear ;Fourth Privation of any member or joint ;Fifth Destruction or permanent impairing of the powers of any member or joint, ;Sixth Permanent disfiguration of the head or face ;Seventh Fracture or dislocation of a bone or tooth, ;Eighth Any hurt which endangers life or which causes the sufferer to be during the space of twenty days in severe bodily pain, or unable to follow his ordinary pursuits.


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