Indiana Code

Ind. Code § 35-31.5-2-29 (2026)

"Bodily injury"

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     Sec. 29. "Bodily injury" means any impairment of physical condition, including physical pain.

As added by P.L.114-2012, SEC.67.

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 34 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2012–2021 · leading case: Elmer J. Bailey v. State of Indiana, 979 N.E.2d 133 (Ind. 2012).
Elmer J. Bailey v. State of Indiana, 979 N.E.2d 133 (Ind. 2012). · cites it 5× “” Ind.Code § 35-31.5-2-29. Elmer specifically argues that there was insufficient evidence that Farrenquai suffered bodily injury as a result of the poking and shoving.”
Leonard L. Suggs v. State of Indiana, 51 N.E.3d 1190 (Ind. 2016). · cites it 2× “” I.C. § 35-31.5-2-29. 2 . The record is silent concerning the way in which Suggs' aunt is so classified.”
Saalik M. Berberena v. State of Indiana, 86 N.E.3d 199 (Ind. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 2× “§ 35-42-2—1(c); see also I.C. § 35-31.5-2-29. However, battery is a Level 6 felony in Indiana if it results in moderate bodily injury.”
Keith v. State, 127 N.E.3d 1221 (Ind. Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 2× “" I.C. § 35-31.5-2-29. Thus, a serious bodily injury must be a bodily injury, which is an impairment of a physical condition.”
Comm'r, Indiana Dep't of Ins. v. Alvin C. Putman, 98 N.E.3d 98 (Ind. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 7× “And I would ask the Court to take judicial notice of Indiana Code 35-31.5-2-29 . . . that defines bodily injury: Any impairment of physical condition including physical pain.”
Christopher R. Marks v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.) (Ind. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 4× “I.C. § 35-31.5-2-29. But he believes that if the jury only found “visible injury,” the requirement of bodily injury would not have been satisfied.”
Comm'r, Indiana Dep't of Ins. v. A.P., 121 N.E.3d 548 (Ind. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 3× “And I would ask the Court to take judicial notice of Indiana Code 35-31.5-2-29... that defines bodily injury: Any impairment of physical condition including physical pain.”
Harrison Lime v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.) (Ind. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “[7] Indiana Code Section 35-31.5-2-29 defines “bodily injury” to mean “any impairment of physical condition, including physical pain.”
Joseph Matters v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.) (Ind. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “” Pursuant to what is now Indiana Code section 35-31.5-2-29, “‘Bodily injury’ means any impairment of physical condition, including physical pain.”
Alvin C. Putman v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.) (Ind. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “We think this presses the published case law, but even if counsel were right, the State correctly points to Indiana Code section 35-31.5-2-29 (2012), which includes “physical pain” in the definition of bodily injury.”
Tait Banham v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.) (Ind. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 2× “” I.C. § 35-31.5-2-29. [12] Focusing on the bodily injury requirement of the charge, Banham now contends that Officer Baker “suffered, at worst, only slight pain which was mild and transitory in nature” and which should not be a sufficient basis on which to elevate the charge to…”
Kevin Lynn Tedford v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.) (Ind. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 2× “Court of Appeals of Indiana | Memorandum Decision 49A05-1708-CR-1735 | December 27, 2017 Page 4 of 6 Bodily Injury [8] Indiana Code Section 35-31.5-2-29 defines “bodily injury” as any impairment of physical condition, including physical pain.”
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