Right of private defence
Offences affecting life
Causing miscarriage; injuries to unborn children; exposure of infants; and concealment of births
Hurt
Wrongful restraint and wrongful confinement
Criminal force and assault
Kidnapping, abduction, slavery and forced labour
Rape
Unnatural offences
Theft
Extortion
Robbery and gang-robbery
Criminal misappropriation of property
Criminal breach of trust
Receiving stolen property
Cheating
Fraudulent deeds and dispositions of property
Mischief
Criminal trespass
Currency notes and bank notes
Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means |
326. Whoever, except in the case provided for by section 335, voluntarily causes grievous hurt by means of any instrument for shooting, stabbing or cutting, or any instrument which, used as a weapon of offence, is likely to cause death, or by means of fire or any heated substance, or by means of any poison or any corrosive substance, or by means of any explosive substance, or by means of any substance which it is deleterious to the human body to inhale, to swallow, or to receive into the blood, or by means of any animal, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 10 years, and shall also be liable to fine or to caning. |
Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means |
326. Whoever, except in the case provided for by section 335, voluntarily causes grievous hurt by means of any instrument for shooting, stabbing or cutting, or any instrument which, used as a weapon of offence, is likely to cause death, or by means of fire or any heated substance, or by means of any poison or any corrosive substance, or by means of any explosive substance, or by means of any substance which it is deleterious to the human body to inhale, to swallow, or to receive into the blood, or by means of any animal, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 15 years, and shall also be liable to fine or to caning. [51/2007 wef 01/02/2008] |