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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, dislodging a tooth by a blow of the fist is

Dislocation of a tooth is expressly grievous hurt under section 116(g) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. A fist blow is not, merely as such, a dangerous weapon or means…

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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, dislodging a tooth by a blow of the fist is

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Dislocation of a tooth is expressly grievous hurt under section 116(g) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. A fist blow is not, merely as such, a dangerous weapon or means under section 118(2). On the ordinary voluntary-hurt reading of the stated act, section 117(2) (formerly section 325 IPC) is the appropriate provision, subject to the intention or knowledge requirements in section 117(1); it carries imprisonment up to seven years and fine. Section 115(2) is for simple hurt; sections 118(1) and 118(2) concern the specified dangerous means.

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