Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Chapter IV: General Exceptions
Section 95: Act causing slight harm
The Indian Penal Code, 1860 was repealed and replaced by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 from 1 July 2024. It still applies to offences and proceedings from before that date.
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.
Corresponding sections were matched by comparing the wording of both official texts, and for the IPC and BNS, also against a published correspondence table. Wording, punishments and structure often changed, so read both sections before relying on the match.
Source: India Code (Legislative Department), the text of the Act as it stood before its repeal. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here.
Supreme Court judgments citing the section 95
- Amish Devgan v. Union of India and Others
- In Re: Noise Pollution - Implementation of the Laws for Restricting Use of Loudspeakers and High Volume Producing Sound Systems v. .
- Kashi Ram and Ors. v. State of M.P.
- Periasami and Anr. v. State of Tamil Nadu
- M/S. Gujarat Machinery Manufacturers Ltd. v. Collector, Central Excise, Baroda.
- Rupan Deol Bajaj and Anr. v. Kanwar Pal Singh Gill and Anr.