for beating or maiming from serious provocation or passion (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 191 or 192, in the following cases, if the person who assaults is beaten and mutilated, to imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years or to a fine which may extend to twenty thousand rupees or to both, and if he causes injury in any other manner, to imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or to a term which may extend to ten thousand rupees shall be punished with fine or with both:-
(a) If the offender loses self-control by doing any act of immediate serious provocation and assaults the person who provoked such provocation or accidentally injures any other person. Provided that this section shall not apply in the following cases:-
(1) In case of assault by someone while obeying the law, while exercising the right of private defense, while a public servant is performing his official duties or being excited by any work he is about to perform,
(2) That the offender himself has provoked someone with the intention of causing harm to someone, and that the offender himself has been provoked by the actions of such a person and has beaten and injured him.
(b) for causing damage to any person by using force in excess of that necessary for private defence,
(c) For causing immediate injury to someone in the anger of a sudden quarrel. But while doing the work under this section, the offender should not have gained unfair advantage or acted in a cruel or unnatural manner.
(2) Regardless of what is written in clauses (b) and (c) of sub-section (1), the provision written in those clauses shall not be applicable in case of beating or maiming by taking an EV or thinking about it.