Act endangering life or personal safety of others
Chapter 6: Offences affecting the human body
Whoever does any act so rashly or negligently as to endanger human life or the personal safety of others, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three months or with fine which may extend to two thousand five hundred rupees, or with both, but—
(a) where hurt is caused, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both;
(b) where grievous hurt is caused, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees, or with both.
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023). As printed in the Gazette on 25 December 2023. Later amendments, if any, are not included.
Related sections
- 119Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal actIPC 327
- 120Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to extort confession, or to compel restoration of propertyIPC 330, 331
- 121Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to deter public servant from his dutyIPC 332, 333
- 122Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt on provocationIPC 334, 335
- 123Causing hurt by means of poison, etc., with intent to commit an offenceIPC 328
- 124Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by use of acid, etcIPC 326A, 326B