Battery
Sec. 1. (a) A person who knowingly or intentionally touches
another person in a rude, insolent, or angry manner commits battery,
a Class B misdemeanor. However, the offense is:
(1) a Class A misdemeanor if:
(A) it results in bodily injury to any other person;
(B) it is committed against a law enforcement officer or
against a person summoned and directed by the officer while
the officer is engaged in the execution of his official duty;
(C) it is committed against an employee of a penal facility or
a juvenile detention facility (as defined in IC 31-9-2-71)
while the employee is engaged in the execution of the
employee's official duty;
(D) it is committed against a firefighter (as defined in
IC 9-18-34-1) while the firefighter is engaged in the
execution of the firefighter's official duty; or
(E) it is committed against a community policing volunteer:
(i) while the volunteer is performing the duties described
in IC 35-41-1-4.7; or
(ii) because the person is a community policing volunteer;
(2) a Class D felony if it results in bodily injury to:
(A) a law enforcement officer or a person summoned and
directed by a law enforcement officer while the officer is
engaged in the execution of his official duty;
(B) a person less than fourteen (14) years of age and is
committed by a person at least eighteen (18) years of age;
(C) a person of any age who is mentally or physically
disabled and is committed by a person having the care of the
mentally or physically disabled person, whether the care is
assumed voluntarily or because of a legal obligation;
(D) the other person and the person who commits the battery
was previously convicted of a battery in which the victim
was the other person;
(E) an endangered adult (as defined in IC 12-10-3-2);
(F) an employee of the department of correction while the
employee is engaged in the execution of the employee's
official duty;
(G) an employee of a school corporation while the employee
is engaged in the execution of the employee's official duty;
(H) a correctional professional while the correctional
professional is engaged in the execution of the correctional
professional's official duty;
(I) a person who is a health care provider (as defined in
IC 16-18-2-163) while the health care provider is engaged in
the execution of the health care provider's official duty;
(J) an employee of a penal facility or a juvenile detention
facility (as defined in IC 31-9-2-71) while the employee is
engaged in the execution of the employee's official duty;
(K) a firefighter (as defined in IC 9-18-34-1) while the
firefighter is engaged in the execution of the firefighter's
official duty; or
(L) a community policing volunteer:
(i) while the volunteer is performing the duties described
in IC 35-41-1-4.7; or
(ii) because the person is a community policing volunteer;
(3) a Class C felony if it results in serious bodily injury to any
other person or if it is committed by means of a deadly weapon;
(4) a Class B felony if it results in serious bodily injury to a
person less than fourteen (14) years of age and is committed by
a person at least eighteen (18) years of age;
(5) a Class A felony if it results in the death of a person less
than fourteen (14) years of age and is committed by a person at
least eighteen (18) years of age;
(6) a Class C felony if it results in serious bodily injury to an
endangered adult (as defined in IC 12-10-3-2); and
(7) a Class B felony if it results in the death of an endangered
adult (as defined in IC 12-10-3-2).
(b) For purposes of this section:
(1) "law enforcement officer" includes an alcoholic beverage
enforcement officer; and
(2) "correctional professional" means a:
(A) probation officer;
(B) parole officer;
(C) community corrections worker; or
(D) home detention officer.
As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.2. Amended by Acts 1977,
P.L.340, SEC.30; Acts 1979, P.L.298, SEC.1; Acts 1979, P.L.83,
SEC.10; Acts 1981, P.L.299, SEC.1; P.L.185-1984, SEC.1;
P.L.205-1986, SEC.1; P.L.322-1987, SEC.1; P.L.164-1993, SEC.10;
P.L.59-1995, SEC.2; P.L.31-1996, SEC.20; P.L.32-1996, SEC.20;
P.L.255-1996, SEC.25; P.L.212-1997, SEC.1; P.L.37-1997, SEC.2;
P.L.56-1999, SEC.1; P.L.188-1999, SEC.5; P.L.43-2000, SEC.1;
P.L.222-2001, SEC.4; P.L.175-2003, SEC.2; P.L.281-2003, SEC.3;
P.L.2-2005, SEC.125.
Last modified: May 24, 2006