Landmark case · Law of Crimes · Semester 2

Mareshawari Prasad v. Emperor

AIR 1940 Pat 163 · Patna High Court

Whether an injury is grievous depends on the statutory kinds of hurt, including injuries that endanger life or cause severe bodily pain for twenty days.

From topic

Hurt, grievous hurt, wrongful restraint and kidnapping — Unit III, Law of Crimes.

Related sections:

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, 114–117 — Hurt and grievous hurt (IPC 319–320)
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, 115–118 — Voluntarily causing hurt and grievous hurt (IPC 321–326)
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, 126–127 — Wrongful restraint and wrongful confinement (IPC 339–342)
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, 137–144 — Kidnapping, abduction and related offences (IPC 359–374)