LAW RELATED TO WOUNDS LEARNING OBJECTIVES At the end of lecture students should be able to know, The defination of injury,hurt,assault,battery.

Law regarding wounding of a person. Kind of hurt. Shajjah. Jurh. Law regarding killing of human being. IMPORTANT DEFINITIONS

DEFINITION OF INJURY ACCORDING TO PAKISTAN PENAL CODE AN INJURY IS DEFINED AS ANY HARM WHAT SO EVER ILLEGALLY CAUSED TO ANY PERSON IN BODY, MIND, REPUTATION OR PROPERTY.THE MEDICAL PROFESSION IS CONCERNED WITH BODILY HARM WHICH IS COVERED BY THE TERM HURT. DEFINITION OF HURT who so ever causes bodily pain, disease or infirmity to any person or impairs, disables or dismembers any organ of the body or part thereof of any person with out causing death is said to have caused Hurt to him. DEFINITION OF ASSAULT

According to sec. 351 PPC, the offence of assault consists of making any gesture or any preparation intending or knowing it that such gesture or preparation will cause any person present to apprehend that the person making that gesture or preparation is about to use criminal force to the other, for example if Mr. A Shakes his fist at Mr. B causing Mr. B to believe that Mr. A is about to hit him then Mr. A will be guilty of assault. DEFINITION OF BATTERY

According to Sec. 350 PPC, the offence of Battery consists of making any gesture or preparation knowing that such a gesture or preparation will cause any person present to apprehend that the person making such a gesture or preparation is about to use criminal force and actually applies such criminal force directly or in directly is guilty of offence of Battery. LAW REGARDING WOUNDING OF PERSON KINDS OF HURT

ITLAF-I-UDW- WHO EVER DISMEMBERS,AMPUTATES,SEVERES ANY LIMB OR ORGAN OF THE BODY OF ANOTHER PERSON IS SAID TO CAUSE ITLAF-I-UDW. MEDICAL INTERPRETATION-ANATOMICAL(STRUCTURAL) LOSS OF ANY ORGAN/PART OF BODY. (B) ITLAF-I-SALAHIYYAT-I-UDW- WHOEVER DESTROYS OR PERMANENTLY IMPAIRS THE FUNCTIONING POWER OR CAPACITY OF AN ORAN OF THE BODY OF ANOTHER PERSON, OR CAUSES PERMANENT DISFIGUREMENT IS SAID TO CAUSE ITLAF-I-SALAHIYYAT-IUDW. MEDICAL INTERPRETATION PART REMAINS INTACT ANATOMICALLY BUT BECOMES FUNCTIONLESS (PHYSIOLOGICALLY) EXAMPLE o INJURY TO NERVE SUPPLY OF A PART OR INJURY LEAVING A PARMANENT BAD SCAR. EXAMPLE o EXTENSIVE SCARING OF FACE (VITRIOLAGE). SHAJJAH SHAJJAH WHO EVER CAUSES, ON THE HEAD OR FACE OF ANY PERSON ANY HURT WHICH DOESNOT AMOUNT TO ITLAF-I-UDW OR ITLAF-I-SALAHIYYAT-I-UDW, IS SAID TO CAUSE SHAJJAH. MEDICAL INTERPRETATION o WOUNDS ON HEAD AND FACE OTHER THEN CAUSING STRUCTURAL OR FUNCTIONAL LOSS. KINDS OF SHAJJAH SHAJJAH-I-KHAFIFAH WOUND WHICH BLEEDS WITHOUT EXPOSING BONE OF THE VICTIM. SHAJJAH-I-MUDIHAH EXPOSING ANY BONE OF THE VICTIM WITHOUT CAUSING FRACTURE. SHAJJAH-I-HASHIMAH FRACTURING THE BONE OF THE VICTIM WITHOUT DISLOCATING IT. (D) SHAJJAH-I-MUNAQQILAH BY CAUSING FRACTURE OF THE BONE OF THE VICTIM AND THERE BY BONE IS DISLOCATED. (E) SHAJJAH-I-AMMAH CAUSING FRACTURE OF THE SKULL OF THE VICTIM SO THAT THE WOUND TOUCHES THE MEMBRANE(MENINGES) (F) SHAJJAH-I-DAMIGHAH CAUSING FRACTURE OF THE SKULL OF THE VICTIM AND THE WOUND RUPTURE THE MEMBRANE OF THE BRAIN(MENINGES) JURH

JURH WHO EVER CAUSES ON ANY PART OF THE BODY OF A PERSON, OTHER THEN THE HEAD OR FACE A HURT WHICH LEAVES THE MARK OF WOUND, WHETHER TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT, IS SAID TO CAUSE JURH. JURH IS OF TWO TYPES TYPES OF JURH JAIFAH WHO EVER CAUSES JURH IN WHICH THE INJURY EXTENDS TO THE BODY CAVITY OF THE TRUNK IS SAID TO CAUSE JURH-JAIFAH MEDICAL MEANING INJURY TO THORACO ABDOMINAL CAVITY. (B) GHAYR JAIFAH - WHO EVER CAUSES JURH WHICH DOES NOT AMOUNT TO JAIFAH. MEDICAL MEANING HURT TO THORACO ABDOMINAL WALL AND THE LIMBS. KINDS OF JURH-I-GHAYR JAIFAH JURH-I-GHAYR JAIFAH DAMIYAH IN WHICH SKIN IS RUPTURED AND BLEEDING OCCURS. JURH-I-GHAYR JAIFAH BADIAH CUTTING OR INSIZING THE FLESH(MUSCLES) WITHOUT EXPOSING THE BONE. JURH-I-GHAYR JAIFAH MUTALAHIMAH BY LACERATING THE FLESH(MUSCLES) (D) JURH-I-GHAYR JAIFAH MUDIHAH BY EXPOSING THE BONE. (E) JURH-I-GHAYR JAIFAH HASHIMAH CAUSING FRACTURE OF THE BONE WITHOUT DISLOCATING IT. (F) JURH-I-GHAYR JAIFAH MUNQQILAH FRACTURING AND DISLOCATING THE BONE. ALL KINDS OF OTHER HURTS HURT WHICH ENDAGERS LIFE OR WHICH CAUSES THE SUFERER TO REMAIN IN SEVERE BODILY PAIN FOR TWENTY DAYS OR MORE OR RENDERS UNABLE TO FOLLOW HIS ORDINARY PURSUIT FOR TWENTY DAYS OR MORE. WHOEVER CAUSES HURT NOT COVERED BY SUB SECTION I LAW REGARDING KILLING OF HUMAN BEING

HOMICIDE: CAUSING DEATH OF A HUMAN BEING BY ANOTHER HUMAN BEING. TYPE: A) CULPABLE HOMICIDE: RESPONSIBILITY (BLAME) ON THE KILLER. B) NON CULPABLE HOMICIDE:

1) JUSTIFIABLE: AS A PUNISHMENT (JUDICIAL HANGING), AS EXECUTION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT (KILLING) BY POLICE IN SUPPRESSION OF RIOTS). 2) EXCUSABLE: KILLING IN SELF DEFENSE FOR PROTECTION OF LIFE/PROPERTY.

IN PAKISTAN CULPABLE HOMICIDE IS LEGALLY CALLED AS QATAL. TYPE OF QATAL: QATAL-I-AMAD: KILLING OF A PERSON WITH AN INTENTION TO CAUSE DEATH OR INFLICTION OF BODILY INJURY THAT IS LIKELY TO CAUSE DEATH IN ORDINARY COURSE OF NATURE. 2) QATAL-I-SHIBH-I-AMAD: INTENTION TO CAUSE HARM TO THE BODY OR MIND OF A TARGETED PERSON OR ANY OTHER PERSON BY ACT OR WEAPON WHICH IN ORDINARY COURSE OF NATURE IS NOT LIKELY TO CAUSE DEATH. 3) QATAL-I-KHATA: CAUSING DEATH OF A PERSON. WITHOUT ANY INTENTION TO CAUSE DEATH OR HARM. DEATH OF PERSON OCCURS EITHER BY MISTAKE OF ACT OR MISTAKE OF FACT. 4) QATAL-BIS-SABAB: WITHOUT ANY INTENTION TO CAUSE DEATH OR HARM DOES ANY UN LAW FULL ACT WHICH BECOME CAUSE FOR DEATH OF A PERSON. THANK YOU