IPC · Chapter XVI · Of offences affecting the human body
IPC section 323, “Punishment for voluntarily causing hurt”, is now BNS section 115(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, in force from 1 July 2024.
Now sub-section (2) of BNS section 115. The maximum fine for voluntarily causing hurt rises from ₹1,000 to ₹10,000; imprisonment stays at up to one year.
Indian Penal Code, 1860
Whoever, except in the case provided for by section 334, voluntarily causes hurt, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
The part that carries IPC 323 is marked.
(1) Whoever does any act with the intention of thereby causing hurt to any person, or with the knowledge that he is likely thereby to cause hurt to any person, and does thereby cause hurt to any person, is said “voluntarily to cause hurt”.
(2) Whoever, except in the case provided for by sub-section (1) of section 122 voluntarily causes hurt, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees, or with both.
The texts are India Code’s. The amendment markers and footnotes of the official print are left out, so the old section reads as it stood when it was repealed; State amendments are not shown. The PDFs linked below carry the full history.
The BNS repealed the IPC from 1 July 2024 (section 358(1)). The repeal does not reach back: under section 358(2), penalties and punishments incurred for offences committed against the IPC still stand, and proceedings for them may be started, continued and enforced as if the IPC had not been repealed. An act done before 1 July 2024 is therefore dealt with under the IPC section; an act done on or after that date, under the BNS.
