Multiple choice

Any hurt is 'grievous' if it causes the sufferer to be in severe bodily pain or unable to follow his ordinary pursuits during the space of

  1. fifteen days

  2. twenty days

  3. twenty-five days

  4. thirty days
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Option (2) is correct: Under Section 320 of the Indian Penal Code, any hurt which endangers life or which causes the sufferer to be, during the space of twenty days, in severe bodily pain or unable to follow his ordinary pursuits is 'grievous'.

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