Pakistan Penal Code 1860 Section 337

THE PAKISTAN PENAL CODE, 1860

 

 

337.

Shajjah: (1) Whoever causes, on the head or face of any person, any hurt which does not amount to itlaf-i-udw or itlaf-i-salahiyyat-i-udw, is said to cause shajjah.   (2) The following are the kinds of shajjah namely:- (a) Shajjah-i-Khafifah (b) Shajjah-i-mudihah (c) Shajjah-i-hashimah (d) Shajjah-i-munaqqilah (e) Shaijah-i-ammah and (f) Shajjah-i-damighah   (3) Whoever causes shajjah:- (i) without exposing bone of the victim, is said to cause shajjah-i-khafifah; (ii) by exposing any bone of the victim without causing fracture, is said to cause shajjah-imudihah; (iii) by fracturing the bone of the victim, without dislocating it, is said to cause shajjah-ihashimah; (iv) by causing fracture of the bone of the victim and thereby the bone is dislocated, is said to cause shajfah-i-munaqqilah; (v) by causing fracture of the skull of the victim so that the wound touches the membrane of the brain, is said to cause shajjah-i-ammah; (vi) by causing fracture of the skull of the victim and the wound ruptures the membrane of the brain is said to cause shajjah-i-damighah.