BNS Section 33: Act Causing Slight Harm

Definition of Section 33 of BNS

Section 33 of BNS 2023 States: 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.

Explanation and Illustration of BNS Section 33

The section 33 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 further provides an important legal principle with respect to the inflection of harm that constitutes the basis of an offence. Under this provision, no act can be regarded as an offence with the mere consideration that it injures or causes the probability of injury or likely injury to others. For this to amount to an offence, however, the wrong must of such a nature and degree have been that it would have caused a person having ordinary sense and temper to complain.

For instance, if, on a crowded street, person A collided with person B, but no apparent injury or hurt occurred to the person, then it would not be regarded as an offence under Section 33. This is because a reasonable person would regard the harm as insignificant and would not pursue it as an offence.

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