Act causing slight harm
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Summary
If an act causes, intends to cause, or is known likely to cause harm, it is not an offence when the harm is so trivial that no person of ordinary sense and temper would complain. Applies where the injury or inconvenience is minimal, like a tiny bruise, a small stain, or momentary annoyance. Consequence: no criminal liability for such trivial harm.
Example
Meera accidentally bumps into Ravi on a crowded bus and leaves a faint red mark on his arm but no pain or lasting injury. Because the harm is so slight that no person of ordinary sense and temper would complain, Meera’s act would not be treated as an offence under this rule.
Bare Act
Enacted textNothing 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.
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