Article 298: Aggravated grievous bodily harm
Statutory text (Thai original)
ผู้ใดกระทำความผิดตามมาตรา ๒๙๗ ถ้าความผิดนั้นมีลักษณะประการหนึ่งประการใดดังที่บัญญัติไว้ในมาตรา ๒๘๙ ต้องระวางโทษจำคุกตั้งแต่สองปีถึงสิบปี และปรับตั้งแต่สี่หมื่นบาทถึงสองแสนบาท หมายเหตุ: [อัตราโทษ แก้ไขเพิ่มเติมโดยมาตรา ๔ แห่งพระราชบัญญัติแก้ไขเพิ่มเติมประมวลกฎหมายอาญา (ฉบับที่ ๒๖) พ.ศ. ๒๕๖๐]
English translation
Whoever commits the offence under Section 297, where the offence has any of the characteristics described in Section 289, shall be liable to imprisonment from two to ten years and a fine from forty thousand to two hundred thousand baht.
ThaiLawOnline translation, written from the Thai original and verified
Firm annotation
The elements are those of Section 297 grievous bodily harm plus any one of the Section 289 aggravating circumstances, for example premeditation, cruelty, harm to an ascendant or an official on duty, or acting to facilitate another offence. The aggravating circumstance does not change the ten-year maximum but raises the minimum term from six months to two years, so it materially increases the floor of the sentence. It is the aggravated top tier of the bodily-harm ladder, standing to Section 297 as Section 296 stands to Section 295.
Why this matters in practice
Exposure carries a two-year minimum, so unlike the lighter assault tiers there is little room for a purely nominal sentence once conviction stands. The central defence lines are to contest the grievous nature of the injury, which can drop the case to Section 297 or 295, and to contest the Section 289 aggravating circumstance, which can drop it to Section 297. Both turn on close reading of the medical and factual record, and given the heavy exposure early specialist advice is important.
Décisions de la Cour suprême interprétant cette section
-
Arrêt n° 218/2560 de la Cour suprême (2017)
Section 298 covers grievous bodily harm committed with a Section 289 aggravating circumstance such as premeditation; the aggravated grievous-harm conviction stands or falls on whether that circumstance is proven.
The first-instance court convicted the defendant under Sections 297(8) and 298 with Section 86 as a supporter and imposed four years imprisonment, but the appellate court set aside the premeditated grievous-harm conviction and the accompanying compensation claim.
-
Arrêt de la Cour suprême n° 7590/2560 (2017)
The defendant's conviction under Section 298 read with Section 83, for which the Court of Appeal Region 2 imposed six years reduced by half to three, was not in issue before the Supreme Court, which ruled only on the theft count. Theft under Section 335(1)(7)(8) paragraph two (former) carries one to seven years, so it is not a case with a minimum of five years' imprisonment within section 176 paragraph one of the Criminal Procedure Code. The prosecution therefore need not call evidence to support a plea of guilty, and the court may convict on the plea alone.
The Court of Appeal Region 2 had convicted the defendant of aggravated grievous bodily harm under Section 298 with Section 83, imposing six years reduced by half to three, and had dismissed the joint theft charge. The Supreme Court held that dismissal wrong: the theft charge did not require evidence in support of the plea, so the trial court could convict on it. It also held that Amendment Act No. 26 B.E. 2560, which raised the fine under Section 335 paragraph two, was not more favourable to the defendant, so the law in force when the offence was committed applied. It added one year for the theft after reduction, making four years in all.
Curated decisions with case numbers verified against the Supreme Court database. English renderings are the firm's editorial translation for study.
Cited in 26 Supreme Court decisions (1959 to 2024)
Décisions de citation sélectionnées
- Décision 6190/2567 (2024)
- Decision 218/2560 (2017)
- Decision 15/2509 (1966)
- Decision 2494-2495/2562 (2019)
- Decision 2494/2562 (2019)
- Decision 774/2548 (2005)
- Decision 8701/2547 (2004)
- Decision 2158-2160/2529 (1986)
Cette liste est sélectionnée automatiquement, en privilégiant les jugements qui reposent sur cet article plutôt que sur ceux qui se contentent de le citer lors du prononcé de la peine. Elle n'a pas encore été examinée par le cabinet.
Le plus souvent cité aux côtés de
- Article 297 18
- Article 91 15
- Article 289 12
- Article 288 12
- Article 78 12
- Article 83 12
Sections qui apparaissent le plus souvent dans les mêmes jugements que celui-ci. Le chiffre correspond au nombre de décisions.
Calculé sur l'ensemble du corpus de 83 652 décisions de la Cour suprême du cabinet, de 1921 à 2026. Le décompte est exhaustif ; la plage d'années indiquée élimine les valeurs aberrantes rares afin de refléter la répartition réelle des citations. Ces chiffres sont calculés par nos soins et ne constituent pas des statistiques officielles de la Cour. Comment nous les comptons et ce que nous avons mesuré
Foire aux questions
En quoi l'article 298 diffère-t-il de l'article 297 ?
Les deux concernent des lésions corporelles graves, mais l'article 298 s'applique lorsqu'une circonstance aggravante de l'article 289 est présente, ce qui fait passer la peine minimale de six mois à deux ans.
Quelle est la sanction prévue par l'article 298 ?
Une peine d'emprisonnement de deux à dix ans assortie d'une amende de 40 000 à 200 000 bahts.
Guides connexes sur ThaiLawOnline
Citer cette section
-
Citation simple
Penal Code, s. 298 (Thailand) -
Citation académique
Penal Code (Thailand), s. 298. ThaiLawOnline, https://www.thailawonline.com/fr/thai-penal-code/section-298/ (accessed 30 août 2026). -
Citation thaïlandaise
ป.อ. มาตรา 298 -
Lien permanent
https://www.thailawonline.com/fr/thai-penal-code/section-298/ -
Intégrer sur votre site
<blockquote cite="https://www.thailawonline.com/fr/thai-penal-code/section-298/"><p>Whoever commits the offence under Section 297, where the offence has any of the characteristics described in Section 289, shall be liable to imprisonment from two to ten years and a fine from forty thousand to two hundred thousand baht.</p><footer>Penal Code, s. 298 (Thailand): <a href="https://www.thailawonline.com/fr/thai-penal-code/section-298/">ThaiLawOnline</a></footer></blockquote>
The Thai text is authoritative. The English is an unofficial translation by ThaiLawOnline, free to reuse with attribution.