Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
BNS Section 33
Act causing slight harm
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BNS Section 33 deals with act causing slight harm and replaces IPC 95.
Bare act text — BNS 33
33. Act causing slight harm.
Nothing is an offence by reason that it causes, or that it is intended to cause, or that it is known to be likely to cause, any harm, if that harm is so slight that no person of ordinary sense and temper would complain of such harm.
Frequently asked
What was BNS Section 33 in the IPC?
BNS Section 33 (Act causing slight harm) replaces Section 95 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. IPC 95 is now BNS 33.
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Nearby BNS sections
- BNS 28 — Consent known to be given under fear or misconception
- BNS 29 — Exclusion of acts which are offences independently of harm caused
- BNS 30 — Act done in good faith for benefit of a person without consent
- BNS 31 — Communication made in good faith
- BNS 32 — Act to which a person is compelled by threats
- BNS 34 — Things done in private defence
- BNS 35 — Right of private defence of body and of property
- BNS 36 — Right of private defence against act of a person of unsound mind, etc
- BNS 37 — Acts against which there is no right of private defence
- BNS 38 — When right of private defence of body extends to causing death