IPC 334 — Voluntarily causing hurt on provocation

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Statutory text

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 hundred rupees, or with both.

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