Grievous hurt comes under which section of IPC?

NEET PG
#1

Grievous hurt comes under which section of
IPC?
a) Section 319
b) Section 320
c) Section 324
d) Section 326
Correct Answer - B
Section 320
REF: Textbook of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by Nagesh
Kumar Rao Page 259
Section 320: Grievous hurt
The following kinds of hurt only are designated as “grievous”

  1. Emasculation
  2. Permanent privation of the sight of either eye
  3. Permanent privation of the hearing of either ear
  4. Privation of any member or joint
  5. Destruction or permanent impairing of the powers of any member or
    joint
  6. Permanent disfiguration of the head or face
  7. Fracture or dislocation of a bone or tooth
  8. Any hurt which endangers life or which causes the sufferer to be
    during the space of twenty days in severe bodily pain, or unable to
    follow his ordinary pursuits.