Of Offences Affecting The Human Body
BNS Section 118 - Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means
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118. Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means.--(1) Whoever,
except in the case provided for by sub-section (1) of section 122, 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 which may extend to twenty thousand rupees, or with both.
(2) Whoever, except in the case provided for by sub-section (2) of section 122, voluntarily causes
grievous hurt by any means referred to in sub-section (1), shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or
with imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than one year but which may
extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
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