IPC · Chapter XVI · Of offences affecting the human body

IPC section 335 in the BNS

IPC 335BNS 122(2)

IPC section 335, “Voluntarily causing grievous hurt on provocation”, is now BNS section 122(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, in force from 1 July 2024.

What changed

From IPC 335 to BNS 122

Now sub-section (2) of BNS section 122. The maximum imprisonment for grievous hurt on provocation rises from four years to five years, and the maximum fine from ₹2,000 to ₹10,000.

The official text

Old and new, side by side

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Section 335 Voluntarily causing grievous hurt on provocation

Whoever voluntarily causes grievous hurt on grave and sudden provocation, if he neither intends nor knows himself to be likely to cause grievous hurt to any person other than the person who gave the provocation, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to four years, or with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees, or with both.

Explanation.—The last two sections are subject to the same provisos as Exception 1, section 300.

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Section 122 Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt on provocation

The part that carries IPC 335 is marked.

(1) Whoever voluntarily causes hurt on grave and sudden provocation, if he neither intends nor knows himself to be likely to cause hurt to any person other than the person who gave the provocation, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both.

(2) Whoever voluntarily causes grievous hurt on grave and sudden provocation, if he neither intends nor knows himself to be likely to cause grievous hurt to any person other than the person who gave the provocation, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to five years, or with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees, or with both.

Explanation.—This section is subject to the same proviso as Exception 1 of section 101.

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amendment markers and footnotes of the official print are left out, so the old section reads as it stood when it was repealed; State amendments are not shown.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.

Also in BNS 122

Other IPC sections that went to the same place

IPC 334 Voluntarily causing hurt on provocation → BNS 122(1)

Old law or new?

Which one applies to a case

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.