Indian Penal Code 1860
Section 324 :
Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means:
(See section 118(1) of BNS 2023)
Classification of Offence:
Offence: Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means.
Punishment :Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine , or both.
Cognizable or Non-cognizable :Cognizable
Bailable or Non-bailable : Bailable 1.[Non-Bailable]
Compoundable or Non-compoundable : Non-compoundable
By Which Court Triable :Any Magistrate.
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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.
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1.In this section bailable is Non-Bailable substituted by the Code of Criminal Procedure(amendment) Act, 2005, sec.42(f)(iii), but not yet enforced so Bailable above.
