Chapter XVI · Of Offences Affecting the Human Body

Shajjah

Section 337 · Pakistan Penal Code

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(1)

Whoever causes, on the head or face of any person, any hurt which does not amount to itlaf-i-udw or itlaf-i-salahiyyati-udw, is said to cause shajjah.

(2)

The following are the kinds of shajjah, namely: __

(a)

Shajjah-i-Khafifah (شجہ خفیفہ);

(b)

Shajjah-i-mudihah (شجہ موضحہ);

(c)

Shajjah-i-hashimah (شجہ ہاشمہ);

(d)

Shajjah-i-munaqqilah (شجہ منقلہ);

(e)

Shajjah-i-ammah (شجہ آمہ); and

(f)

Shajjah-i-damighah. (شجہ دامغہ)

(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-i-mudihah ;

(iii)

by fracturing the bone of the victim, without dislocating it, is said to cause shajjah-i-hashimah ;

(iv)

by causing fracture of the bone of the victim and thereby bone is dislocated, is said to cause shajjah-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 ; and

(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.