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Fact: A, a chain snatcher, forcibly pulled the ear rings from the ears of an old lady. Both the ear lobes were torn and the old lady suffered pain and suffering for over three weeks. Issue: What…

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Fact: A, a chain snatcher, forcibly pulled the ear rings from the ears of an old lady. Both the ear lobes were torn and the old lady suffered pain and suffering for over three weeks.
Issue: What offence, if any, has been committed?
  1. A is guilty of theft only
  2. A is guilty of voluntarily causing grievous hurt
  3. A is guilty of a rash and negligent act
  4. A is guilty of simple hurt only

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: B - A is guilty of voluntarily causing grievous hurt
Forcibly tearing out the earrings kept the victim in severe bodily pain for over three weeks, which exceeds the fifteen-day threshold in clause (h) of Section 116 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (twenty days under the former clause eighthly of Section 320 IPC), so A is guilty of voluntarily causing grievous hurt (Section 117 BNS), not simple hurt only or theft only, and the intentional act was not merely rash or negligent.

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