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