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At GRANDA & ASOCIADOS, our clients are our top priority, and our main objective is to provide you with the best legal advice and defence, as well as to assert and protect your rights in relation to offences of injuries.
What do offences of injury consist of?
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The Criminal Code defines an injury as a harmful impairment of a person’s health or physical integrity caused by an act or omission of a third party.
The offence of injuries is regulated in the Criminal Code in Articles 147 to 156 ter, which define it as causing harm to the bodily integrity or physical or mental health of the victim by any means or procedure.
However, for this offence to be established, it is necessary that it requires medical attention in addition to medical or surgical treatment. This offence is frequently related to a road traffic offence, as a consequence of a traffic accident. It will largely depend on the degree of negligence and the severity of the injuries.
The offence of injuries in the Criminal Code
As previously mentioned, the offence of injuries is set out in Organic Law 10/1995 of 23 November, the Criminal Code, in Articles 147 to 156 ter. Broadly speaking, the main forms of this offence are those set out in Article 147:
147.1 Injury requiring medical or surgical treatment
Anyone who, by any means or procedure, causes another person an injury that impairs their bodily integrity or their physical or mental health shall be punished, as the perpetrator of an offence of injuries, with a prison sentence of three months to three years or a fine of six to twelve months, provided that the injury objectively requires, for its healing, medical or surgical treatment in addition to initial medical assistance. Simple medical monitoring or follow-up of the course of the injury shall not be considered medical treatment.
147.2 Minor injury
Anyone who, by any means or procedure, causes another person an injury not included in the previous paragraph shall be punished with a fine of one to three months.
147.3 Assaulting or mistreating another person without causing injury.
Any person who assaults or physically mistreats another without causing injury shall be subject to a fine of one to two months.
147.4 Only prosecutable upon the filing of a complaint.
The offences referred to in the two preceding sections shall only be prosecutable upon the filing of a complaint by the aggrieved person or their legal representative.
