How many kinds of hurt are designated as 'grievous' under Section 116 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita,…

Section 116 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 320 IPC) designates eight kinds of hurt as grievous: emasculation; permanent privation of the sight of either eye; permanent privation of the hearing of either ear; privation of any member or joint; destruction or permanent impairing of the powers of any member or joint; permanent disfiguration of the head or face; fracture or dislocation of a bone or tooth; and any hurt which endangers life or causes the sufferer to be, for fifteen days, in severe bodily pain or unable to follow ordinary pursuits.

The period in the last kind was earlier twenty days; the number of kinds is unchanged.