Article 234 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)

Article 234 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC): Crime of intentional injury.

Whoever intentionally harms another person's body shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance. Whoever commits the crime mentioned in the preceding paragraph and causes serious injuries shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years; Whoever causes death or serious disability by particularly cruel means shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years, life imprisonment or death. Where there are other provisions in this Law, such provisions shall prevail.

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Forms of intentional injury crime

Intentionally causing minor injuries, there is no problem of attempted crime, that is, if the actor subjectively only wants to cause minor injuries, but actually does not cause or cause minor injuries, it will not be punished as a crime. If the injury is intentional and obvious (such as causing serious injury or death), and the injury has already started, but it has not succeeded due to reasons other than will, it shall be punished as intentional injury (attempted).

If an actor who meets the requirements of the subject of the crime commits an injury under the condition of intentionally controlling the injury, causing physical injury to others and reaching the degree of minor injury, it can be regarded as the accomplishment of the crime of intentional injury.

Intentional injury causes serious injury, including two situations:

1, the perpetrator obviously only intentionally suffered minor injuries, but the negligence caused serious injuries;

2. The perpetrator obviously had the intention of serious injury, which objectively caused serious injury. Intentional injury causing death is a typical aggravated consequence crime.

If intentional injury does not cause death, it should not be considered as an attempt of intentional injury to death. Subjectively intentional injury causing death shall be deemed as intentional homicide.

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