Thailand Law | Bodily Harm

Thailand Law | Bodily Harm

Thailand law

                     Quite often we have seen a lot of cases where bodily harm is inflicted, there are many bars and there are always a lot of people who will spend time there to drink the alcohol. Sometimes they will get too drunk and end up in an argument which will turn into a fight with the other person. Almost all of people don’t know Thai law very well. If later on the party that was injured goes to the police station to report that Mr. A hurt Mr. B then the police will send the injured party to the hospital for medical treatment. With the medical treatment the doctor will diagnose and give the proper care to the injured party but they will also give a statement of how serious the injuries are and how many days the victim will have to be treated. The amount of days hospitalized carries with it harsher punishments on the party that inflicted the injuries. If a person is accused of inflicting bodily harm to another person they are liable to be punished by the Thai law with up to two years imprisonment and/or a fine of up to four thousand baht. If grievous bodily harm is inflicted then the punishment will be haft of year to ten years imprisonment follow Thai law.

Serious bodily injury are as below:

1) Deprivation of eyesight, deprivation of  hearing, cutting of the palate or loss the sense of smell.

2) Loss of genital organs or reproductive ability.

3) Loss of an arm, leg, hand, foot, finger or any other organ.

4) Permanent disfiguration of the face. 

5) Abortion

6) Permanent insanity

7) Infirmity or chronic sickness which may last throughout life.

8) Infirmity or sickness causing the injured person to be in cruel bodily hurt for twenty days or to be unable to below the ordinary pursuance for over twenty days.

                      The main point of this is that whenever you go to the police station after an incident has happened, if the police believe your case and go to arrest the person that hurt you, they can make a judgment on whether they are guilty or innocent. Or the other way around if they find evidence and judge that both sides are liable then they will not investigate anything but will then sue both parties to be the co defendant of which you will have to prove your innocence to the court. The Thai court judge has the authority to convict bother parties or just one side follow Thailand law , this is all based on which side has the best case with the strongest evidence such as witness testimony.

                        Lawyer Comment: Please understand that once you go to the police station to file a report the Thai police will ask you to compromise and finish the case together, if you don’t want to do that you will have to prove that you are not guilty under Thai law. This can be difficult if you are intoxicated as well, maybe some witness saw that you are the cause of the case of causing bodily harm or maybe the other side will make up the witness to point to you to say that you are the one who is in the wrong. It happens a lot in Thailand if you’re not sure that you’re one hundred percent not the cause of anything. The way we have experience in fighting cases like this, we have to check if they have any camera records or CCTV system installed as these systems cannot lie. Please ask the police to check the venue or location of the crime for use as evidence, being convicted of this crime or even the punishment may not be too severe in most cases but it is enough for the authorities to deport you as foreigner who is staying in the Kingdom but is making problems. If you have any questions regarding Thailand law please contact to us and we will answer any questions