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Offences Against the Human Body
Assault/criminal force on genuine grave and sudden provocation from the victim is punished with up to 1 month's simple imprisonment, up to ₹1,000 fine, or both - subject to the same provocation carve-outs as Section 131.
This mirrors the reduced-punishment logic seen elsewhere in the chapter - assault genuinely provoked by the victim themselves carries a substantially lighter penalty than unprovoked assault.
An assault committed in direct, immediate response to genuine grave provocation from the other party receives a substantially reduced penalty under this section compared to an unprovoked assault.