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IPC Section 334 - Voluntaril y causing hurt on provocatio n
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IPC Section 334 deals with voluntaril y causing hurt on provocatio n.
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334. Voluntaril y causing hurt on provocatio n. Whoever voluntarily causes hurt on grave and
sudden provocation, if he neither intends nor knows himself to be likely to cause hurt to any person other
than the person who gave the provocation, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a
term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.
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