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IPC Section 334 in BNS: Section 122

Voluntarily causing hurt on provocation

Section 334 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Voluntarily causing hurt on provocation) corresponds to Section 122 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, in force from 1 July 2024. Under the BNSS First Schedule, BNS 122(1) is non-cognizable, bailable, triable by Any Magistrate; punishment: Imprisonment for 1 month, or fine of 5,000 rupees, or both.

Bail, cognizability and punishment

SectionOffencePunishmentCognizableBailableTriable by
122(1)Voluntarily causing hurt on grave and sudden provocation, not intending to hurt any other than the person who gave the provocation.Imprisonment for 1 month, or fine of 5,000 rupees, or both.Non-cognizableBailableAny Magistrate
122(2)Causing grievous hurt on grave and sudden provocation, not intending to hurt any other than the person who gave the provocation.Imprisonment for 5 years, or fine of 10,000 rupees, or both.CognizableBailableMagistrate of the first class

Source: BNSS, 2023, First Schedule, Part I.

The BNS applies to offences committed on or after 1 July 2024. Offences committed earlier are charged and tried under the IPC.

Text of BNS Section 122

122. (1) Whoever voluntarily causes hurt on grave and sudden provocation, if he neither intends nor knows himself to be likely to cause hurt to any person other than the person who gave the provocation, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both.

(2) Whoever voluntarily causes grievous hurt on grave and sudden provocation, if he neither intends nor knows himself to be likely to cause grievous hurt to any person other than the person who gave the provocation, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to five years, or with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees, or with both.

Explanation.—This section is subject to the same proviso as Exception | of section 101.

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