Of Offencesaffectingthe Human Body
IPC Section 321 - Voluntarily causing hurt
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Simple language explanation
IPC Section 321 deals with voluntarily causing hurt.
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321. Voluntarily causing hurt. Whoever does any act with the intention of thereby causing hurt to
any person, or with the knowledge that he is likely thereby to cause hurt to any person, and does thereby
cause hurt to any person, is said "voluntarily to cause hurt".
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