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IPC Section 333 - Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to deter public servant from his duty
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Simple language explanation
IPC Section 333 deals with voluntarily causing grievous hurt to deter public servant from his duty.
Full official legal text
333. Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to deter public servant from his duty. Whoever
voluntarily causes grievous hurt to any person being a public servant in the discharge of his duty as such
public servant, or with intent to prevent or deter that person or any other public servant from discharging
his duty as such public servant, or in consequence of anything done or attempted to be d one by that
person in the lawful discharge of his duty as such public servant, shall be punished with imprisonment of
either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
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