Section 117 (3) BNS - Voluntarily causing grievous hurt.

BNS Section: 117 (3)

IPC Equivalent: New provision (no IPC equivalent)

Category: Hurt

Changes: New addition. 'Whoever commits an offence under sub-section (1) and in the course of such commission causes any hurt to a person which causes that person to be in permanent disability or in persistent vegetative state, shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than ten years but which may extend to imprisonment for life, which shall mean imprisonment for the remainder of that person's natural life'.

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