Pakistan Penal Code (PPC)

PPC § 332 — Hurt

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Statutory text (English)

(1) Whoever causes pain, harm, disease, infirmity or injury to any person or
impairs, disables 3[, disfigures, defaces]or dismembers any organ of the body or part thereof of any
person without causing his death, is said to cause hurt.

(2) The following are the kinds of hurt:—
(a) Itlaf-i-udw; (اتلاف عضو)
b) itlaf-i-salahiyyat-i-udw; (اتلاف صلاحیت عضو)
c) shajjah; (شجہ)
d) jurh (جرح); and
(e) all kinds of other hurts.
1[
Explanation.— disfigure means disfigurement of face or disfigurement or dismemberment of
any organ or any part of the organ of the human body which impairs or injures or corrodes or deforms
the symmetry or appearance of a person.]

Source and verification

Source citation: PPC (Act XLV of 1860) s.332: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE PAKISTAN PENAL CODE' (Act No. XLV of 1860), p. 113, 114, ingested 2026-09-15. Automated transcription from official source (pypdf extraction, audited artifact repair); human admin re-check required before production.

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Date not confirmed: Consolidated current text as published in the official Pakistan Code PDF (p. 113, 114) — reflects all amendments recorded in the official footnotes up to ingest date 2026-09-15. Automated transcription; per-amendment…

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