Hurt, Grievous Hurt & Offences Restricting Liberty — KSLU Bns Notes

Hurt, Grievous Hurt & Offences Restricting Liberty

Hurt (S.114) is causing bodily pain, disease or infirmity; grievous hurt (S.116) is the eight enumerated serious categories (emasculation, loss of sight/hearing, fracture, disfiguration of head or face, hurt endangering life or causing 15+ days’ suffering, etc.). The BNS retains the specific offence of acid attack (Ss.124–125) — voluntarily causing grievous hurt by acid — with severe punishment. Offences restricting personal liberty include wrongful restraint (S.126) and wrongful confinement (S.127), while criminal force and assault (Ss.129–133) and kidnapping and abduction (Ss.137–140) protect bodily integrity and freedom of movement.