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10. At this stage, let us discuss the legal principles involved in the present case.

10.1 The term "hurt" is defined under section 319 IPC as bodily pain, disease or infirmity caused to any person by another person.

The offence of voluntarily causing hurt is defined under section 321 IPC as follows :-

The offence of "voluntarily causing hurt" is made punishable under section 323 IPC, which is reproduced hereinafter for better understanding: -

323. Punishment for voluntarily causing hurt.-

Whoever, except in the case provided for by section 334, voluntarily causes hurt, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.

10.3 Voluntarily causing grievous hurt" is defined under section 322 IPC, which reads as under :-

Whoever voluntarily causes hurt, if the hurt which he intends to cause or knows himself to be likely to cause is grievous hurt, and if the hurt which he causes is grievous hurt, is said "voluntarily to cause grievous FIR No. 373/2013 PS Jagatpuri State Vs. Yashpal Singh Page no. 12 of 26 hurt."
(b) That the accused persons, in furtherance of their common intention, voluntarily caused hurt to the complainant Mehfuz Khan and voluntarily caused grievous hurt to his friend namely Israt Beg; and
(c) that the accused persons threatened to kill the complainant Mehfuz Khan and his friend namely Israt Beg.