![]() ![]() ![]() Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. State it was observed that a push on the neck is likely to cause some bodily pain within the meaning of Section 319 though in some cases it may be so slight. He was guilty of an offence of causing hurt under Section 319 because there was no intention to cause death and the blow in itself was not of such a nature as was likely to cause death. R the accused struck a man one blow on the head with a bamboo yoke and the injured man died afterwards in a hospital. The accused was held guilty of causing hurt as it could not be said that he intended or knew that kicking on the abdomen was likely to endanger life. Thereafter the accused kicked him on the abdomen and the deceased collapsed and died. R the accused demanded money from the deceased which the latter owed him. Where there is no intention to cause death or bodily injury as is likely to cause death or there is no knowledge that death is likely to be caused from the harm inflicted, and death is caused, the accused would be guilty of hurt only if the injury caused was not serious. Where the direct result of an act is the causing of bodily pain, it is hurt whatever be the means employed to cause it. The causing of bodily pain must be caused by direct application of force to the body is clearly erroneous as there is nothing in Section 319 to suggest that the hurt should be caused by direct physical contact between the accused and his victim. ![]()
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