BNS Section 116-Grievous hurt

The following kinds of hurt only are designated as “grievous”, namely:–– 

(a) Emasculation; 
(b) Permanent privation of the sight of either eye; 
(c) Permanent privation of the hearing of either ear; 
(d) Privation of any member or joint; 
(e) Destruction or permanent impairing of the powers of any member or joint; 
(f) Permanent disfiguration of the head or face; 
(g) Fracture or dislocation of a bone or tooth; 
(h) Any hurt which endangers life or which causes the sufferer to be during the space of fifteen days in severe bodily pain, or unable to follow his ordinary pursuits.

[Old Corresponding Section: Section 320 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860]