PPC Section 337

PPC Section 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-salahiyyati-udw, is said to cause shajjah.

(2) The following are the kinds of shajjah, namely:__

• (a) Shajjah-i-Khafifah (خفیفہ شجہ;(
• (b) Shajjah-i-mudihah (موضعہ شجہ;(
• (c) Shajjah-i-hashimah (ہاشمہ شجہ;(
• (d) Shajjah-i-munaqqilah (منقولہ شجہ;(
• (e) Shajjah-i-ammah (امہ شجہ ;(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-i-mudihah ;
• (iii) by fracturing the bone of the victim, without dislocating it, is said to cause shajjah-i-hashimah ;
• (iv) by causing fracture of the bone of the victim and thereby bone is dislocated, is said to cause shajjah-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 ; and
• (vi) by causing fracture of the skull of the victim and the wound ruptures the membrane of the brain is said to cause shajjah-i-damighah.