Punishment for voluntarily causing hurt.

Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means.

CCCXXIII. Whoever, except in the case provided for by Section 334, voluntarily causes hurt, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.

CCCXXIV. Whoever, except in the case provided for by Section 334, voluntarily causes 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 of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.

Punishment for caus-'. CCCXXV. Whoever, except in the case provided by ing grievous hurt. Section 335, voluntarily causes grievous hurt, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable. to fine.

Voluntarily causing

or means,

CCCXXVI. Whoever, except in the case provided by grievous hurt by Section 335, voluntarily causes grievous hurt by means of dangerous weapons 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 transportation for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine."

Voluntarily causing

CCCXXVII. Whoever voluntarily causes hurt for the perty or to con- purpose of extorting from the sufferer, or from any person strain to an illegal interested in the sufferer, any property or valuable security, or of constraining the sufferer or any person interested in such

act.

sufferer to do any thing which is illegal, or which may facilitate the commission of an offence, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.

'CCCXXVIII. Whoever administers to, or causes to be taken by any person any poison or any stupefying, intoxicating, or unwholesome drug, or other thing, with intent to cause hurt to such person, or with intent to commit or to facilitate the commission of an offence, or knowing it to be likely that he will thereby cause hurt, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.

CCCXXIX. Whoever voluntarily causes grievous hurt for the purpose of extorting from the sufferer or from any person interested in the sufferer, any property or valuable security, or of constraining the sufferer or any person interested in such sufferer to do any thing that is illegal or which may facilitate the commission of an offence, shall be. punished with transportation for life, or imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine..

CCCXXX. Whoever voluntarily causes hurt for the purpose of extorting from the sufferer, or any person interested in the sufferer, any confession or any information which may lead to the detection of an offence or misconduct, or for the purpose of constraining the sufferer, or any person interested in the sufferer, to restore or to cause the restoration of any property or valuable security, or to satisfy any claim or demand, or to give information which may lead to the restoration of any property or valuable security, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.

Illustrations.

(a) A, a police officer, tortures Z in order to induce Z to confess that he committed a crime. A is guilty of an offence under this section.

(b) A, a police officer, tortures B to induce him to point out where certain stolen property is deposited. A is guilty of an offence under this section.

Voluntarily causing grievous hurt extort property or to constrain to an

illegal act.

Voluntarily causing

hurt to extort confession or to compel restoration of pro

perty.

(c) A, a revenue officer, tortures Z in order to compel him to pay certain arrears of revenue due from Z. A is guilty of an offence under this section.

(d) A, a zemindar, tortures a ryot in order to compel him to pay A is guilty of an offence under this section.

his rent.

Voluntarily causing CCCXXXI. Whoever voluntarily causes grievous hurt grievous hurt to extort confession for the purpose of extorting from the sufferer or any person or to compel re- interested in the sufferer, any confession or any information storation of pro- which may lead to the detection of an offence or misconduct,

perty.

Voluntarily causing

hurt to deter pub

duty.

or for the purpose of constraining the sufferer or any person interested in the sufferer to restore or to cause the restoration of any property or valuable security, or to satisfy any claim or demand, or to give information which may lead to the restoration of any property or valuable security, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.

CCCXXXII. Whoever voluntarily causes hurt to any lic servant from his person being a public servant in the discharge of his duty as such public servant, or with intent to prevent or deter that person or any other public servant from discharging his duty as such public servant, or in consequence of any thing done or attempted to be done by that person in the lawful discharge of his duty as such public servant, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.

Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to

from his duty.

CCCXXXIII. Whoever voluntarily causes grievous hurt deter public servant to any person being a public servant in the discharge of his duty as such public servant, or with intent to prevent or deter that person or any other public servant from discharging his duty as such public servant, or in consequence of any thing done or attempted to be done by that person in the lawful discharge of his duty as such public servant, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.

Voluntarily causing hurt on provocation,

CCCXXXIV. Whoever voluntarily causes hurt on grave and sudden provocation, if he neither intends nor knows himself to be likely to cause hurt to any person other than the

person who gave the provocation, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.

CCCXXXV. Whoever causes grievous hurt on grave Causing grievous hurt on provocation. and sudden provocation, if he neither intends nor knows himself to be likely to cause grievous hurt to any person other than the person who gave the provocation, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to four years, or with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees, or with both.

Explanation -The last two sections are subject to the same provisos as Exception 1, Section 300.

Punishment for act which endangers

safety of others.

CCCXXXVI. Whoever does any act so rashly or negligently as to endanger human life or the personal safety of life or the personal 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 hundred and fifty rupees, or with both.

CCCXXXVII. Whoever causes hurt to any person by doing 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 six months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.

CCCXXXVIII. Whoever causes grievous hurt to any person by doing 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 two years, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.

OF WRONGFUL RESTRAINT AND WRONGFUL CONFINEMENT.

Causing hurt by an

act which endangers life or the personal safety of others.

Causing grievous hurt by an act which endangers life or the personal safety of others.

CCCXXXIX. Whoever voluntarily obstructs any per- Wrongful restraint. son so as to prevent that person from proceeding in any direction in which that person has a right to proceed, is said wrongfully to restrain that person.

Exception.-The obstruction of a private way over land or water which a person in good faith believes himself to

Wrongful ment.

Punishment

confine

wrongful restraint.

Punishment

ment.

have a lawful right to obstruct, is not an offence within the meaning of this section.

Illustration..

A obstructs a path along which Z has a right to pass, A not believing in good faith that he has a right to stop the path. Z is thereby prevented from passing. A wrongfully restrains Z.

CCCXL. Whoever wrongfully restrains any person in such a manner as to prevent that person from proceeding beyond certain circumscribing limits, is said "wrongfully to confine" that person.

Illustrations.

(a) A causes Z to go within a walled space, and locks Z in. Z is thus prevented from proceeding in any direction beyond the circumscribing line of wall. A wrongfully confines Z.

(b) A places men with fire-arts at the outlets of a building and tells Z that they will fire at Z if Z attempts to leave the building. A wrongfully confines Z.

for CCCXLI. Whoever wrongfully restrains any person shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.

for

CCCXLII. Whoever wrongfully confines any person wrongful confine- shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.

Wrongful

more days.

confine

CCCXLIII. Whoever wrongfully confines any person ment for three of for three days or more, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.

Wrongful confinement for ten more days.

or

Wrongful confine

whose liberation a

CCCXLIV. Whoever wrongfully confines any person for ten days or more, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine.

CCCXLV. Whoever keeps any person in wrongful ment of person for confinement, knowing that a writ for the liberation of that writ has been is person has been duly issued, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, in addition to any term of imprison

sued.