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Under Section 116 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, which of the following kinds of hurt is not…

Section 116 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 320 IPC) expressly lists permanent disfiguration of the head or face, rather than disfiguration of the…

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Under Section 116 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, which of the following kinds of hurt is not designated as "Grievous Hurt"

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Section 116 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 320 IPC) expressly lists permanent disfiguration of the head or face, rather than disfiguration of the chest. Emasculation, privation of any member or joint and dislocation of a tooth are separately listed, although a chest injury could still qualify through another category such as hurt which endangers life. Section 116(h) also reduces the prolonged severe-pain or inability-to-follow-ordinary-pursuits period from twenty days to fifteen, which does not affect this answer.

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