Is breaking four ribs a criminal offence? How to make the other party take responsibility?

Breaking four ribs is a criminal offence and criminal responsibility, which definitely constitutes a serious injury. Just go to court and file a criminal lawsuit. The crime of intentional injury refers to a criminal act that intentionally and illegally hurts others' bodies to a certain extent and should be punished by criminal law. Where there are other provisions in the law, those provisions shall prevail.

Legal analysis

More than two rib fractures constitute minor injuries. 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. Fracture of five ribs should constitute a minor injury of Grade II. Be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance. A criminal sentenced to criminal detention or fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years may be suspended if he meets the following conditions. Among them, those under 18 years old, pregnant women and those over 75 years old are suspended. Probation has no obvious adverse effect on the community where they live. For recidivists, ringleaders of criminal groups, and the above-mentioned criminal cases caused by civil disputes, probation is not applicable. If the criminal suspect or defendant sincerely repents, gains the understanding of the victim through compensation for losses, apology, etc., and the victim voluntarily reconciles, the two parties can reconcile. For cases that have reached a settlement agreement, the public security organ may make suggestions to the people's procuratorate for leniency. The people's procuratorate may put forward suggestions for lenient punishment to the people's court; If the circumstances of the crime are minor and there is no need to be sentenced to punishment, a decision not to prosecute may be made. The people's court may punish the defendant lightly according to law. However, if the criminal suspect or defendant intentionally commits a crime within five years, the above reconciliation procedure shall not apply. Under normal circumstances, criminal detention lasts up to 37 days, and whether or not to sentence depends on the evidence of the whole case.

legal ground

Article 234 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) 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. Article 234-1 Whoever organizes others to sell human organs shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years and fined; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years, and shall also be fined or confiscated. Whoever picks up his organs without his own consent, or picks up organs of people under the age of 18, or forces or deceives others to donate organs, shall be convicted and punished in accordance with the provisions of Articles 234 and 232 of this Law. Whoever, in violation of state regulations, takes his corpse and organs against his will before his death, or takes his corpse and organs against his will before his death without the consent of his close relatives, shall be convicted and punished in accordance with the provisions of Article 302 of this Law.