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Under section 33 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, what is the effect of harm so slight that no…

Section 33 of the BNS states that nothing is an offence by reason that it causes, or is intended or known to be likely to cause, harm "so slight that no person of ordinary…

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Under section 33 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, what is the effect of harm so slight that no person of ordinary sense and temper would complain of it?

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Section 33 of the BNS states that nothing is an offence by reason that it causes, or is intended or known to be likely to cause, harm "so slight that no person of ordinary sense and temper would complain of such harm". The test is objective and does not depend on consent, so neither the victim's written consent nor the accused's own description of the harm decides it.

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