337. Shajjah : (1) Whoever causes, on the head or face of any person, any hurt which does not amount to itlaf-i-udw or itlaf-i-salahiyyat-i-udw, is said to cause shajjah. (2) The following are the kinds of shaljah namely:(a) Shajjah-i-Khafifah (b) Shalfah'i-mudihah (c) Shajjah-i-hashimah (d) Shajjah-i-munaqqilah (e) Shaijah-i-ammah and (f) Shajjah-i-damighah (3) Whoever causes shajjah (i) without exposing bone of the victim, is said to cause shajjah-i-khafifah; (ii) by exposing any bone of the victim without causing fracture, is said to cause shajjah-imudihah; (iii) by fracturing the bone of the victim, without dislocating it, is said to cause shajjah-ihashimah; (iv) by causing fracture of the bone of the victim and thereby the bone is dislocated, is said to cause shajfah-i-munaqqilah; (v) by causing fracture of the skull of the victim so that the wound touches the membrane of the brain, is said to cause shajjah-i-ammah; (vi) by causing fracture of the skull of the victim and the wound ruptures the membrane of the brain is said to cause shaijah-i-damighah. 337-A. Punishment of shajjah : Whoever, by doing any act with the intention of thereby causing hurt to any person, or with the knowledge that he is likely thereby to cause hurt to any person, causes-(i) Shajjah-I-khafifah to any person, shall be liable to daman and may also be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years as ta'zir, (ii) shajjah-i-mudihah to any person, shall, in consultation with the authorised medical officer, be punished with qisas, and if the, qisas is not executable keeping in view the

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