The words injury, assault and hurt are
invariably used by doctors in hospital practice. Though used as synonymous, all
these three words have different meaning in law. They are defined by Indian
penal code as below:
- Injury: Section 44 IPC defines
injury as any harm whatever illegally caused to any person in body, mind,
reputation or property.
- Assault: Section 351 IPC defines assault
as threat or attempt to apply force on the body of another in a hostile
manner. It may be a common/simple assault or an intention to murder.
- Hurt: Section 319 IPC defines hurt
as ‘whoever causes bodily pain, disease or infirmity to any person is said
to cause hurt.’
As doctors we deal with cases of
hurt/body injury mean bodily pain, wound, disease or infirmity voluntarily
caused to any person in medico–legal cases. These include abrasion, contusion,
laceration, stab wound, electric shock, fire arm or ligatures etc resulting in
human body injury.
The doctor who is certifying an injury report should keep in mind the Penal provision which is required by police to book the case as follows:
The doctor who is certifying an injury report should keep in mind the Penal provision which is required by police to book the case as follows:
- Simple injury: Section 323 of IPC
- Simple injury caused by dangerous
weapons: Section 324 of IPC
- Grievous injury: Section 325 of
IPC
- Grievous injury caused by
dangerous weapons: Section 326 of IPC
- Dangerous injury: Section 307 IPC
- Injury likely to cause death: Section
304 of IPC
- Injury sufficient to cause death: Section
302 IPC
- Causing hurt by means of poison:
Section 328 of IPC
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