Section 320 in

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defines grievous hurt. The

punishment Punishment, commonly, is the imposition of an undesirable or unpleasant outcome upon a group or individual, meted out by an authority—in contexts ranging from child discipline to criminal law—as a response and deterrent to a particular acti ...

is enhanced when the hurt is grievous.

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The following kinds of hurt only are designated as "Grievous": ;First Emasculation ;Second Permanent

privation Privation is the absence or lack of basic necessities. Child psychology In child psychology, privation occurs when a child has no opportunity to form a relationship with a parent figure, or when such relationship is distorted, due to their treatm ...

of the sight of either eye ;Third Permanent privation of the hearing of either ear ;Fourth Privation of any member or joint ;Fifth Destruction or permanent impairing of the powers of any member or joint, ;Sixth Permanent disfiguration of the head or face ;Seventh Fracture or

dislocation In materials science, a dislocation or Taylor's dislocation is a linear crystallographic defect or irregularity within a crystal structure that contains an abrupt change in the arrangement of atoms. The movement of dislocations allow atoms to sl ...

of a bone or tooth, ;Eighth Any hurt which endangers life or which causes the sufferer to be during the space of twenty days in severe bodily pain, or unable to follow his ordinary pursuits.

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