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IPC Section 323 - Punishment for voluntaril y causing hurt
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IPC Section 323 deals with punishment for voluntaril y causing hurt.
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323. Punishment for voluntaril y causing hurt. Whoever, except in the case provided for by
section 334, voluntarily causes hurt, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term
which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.
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