IPC Section 350 - Criminal force

350. Criminal force. Whoever intentionally uses force to any person, without that person's consent,

in order to the committing of any offence, or intending by the use of such force to cause, or knowing it to

be likely that by the use of such force he will cause injury, fear or annoyance to the person to whom the

force is used, is said to use criminal force to that other.

Illustration s

(a) Z is sitting in a moored boat on a river. A unfastens the moorings, and thus intentionally causes the boat to drift down the

stream. Here A intentionally causes motion to Z, and he does this by disposing substances in such a manner that the motion is

produced without any other action on any person's part. A has therefore intentionally used force to Z; and if he has done so

without Z's consent, in order to the committing of any offence, or intending or knowing it to be likely that this use of forc e will

cause injury, fear or annoyance to Z, A has used criminal force to Z.

(b) Z is riding in a chariot. A lashes Z's horses , and thereby causes them to quicken their pace. Here A has caused change of

motion to Z by inducing the animals to change their motion. A has therefore used force to Z; and if A has done this without Z's

consent, intending or knowing it to be likely that he may thereby injure, frighten or annoy Z, A has used criminal force to Z.

(c) Z is riding in a palanquin. A, intending to rob Z, seizes t he pole and stops the palanquin. Here A has caused cessation of

motion to Z, and he has done this by his own bodily power. A has therefore used force to Z; and as A has acted thus intentionally,

without Z's consent, in order to the commission of an offence. A has used criminal force to Z.

(d) A intentionally pushes against Z in the street. Here A has by his own bodily power moved his own person so as to bring

it into contact with Z. He has therefore intentionally used force to Z; and if he has done so witho ut Z's consent, intending or

knowing it to be likely that he may thereby injure, frighten or annoy Z, he has used criminal force to Z.

(e) A throws a stone, intending or knowing it to be likely that the stone will be thus brought into contact with Z, or wi th Z's

clothes, or with something carried by Z, or that it will strike water and dash up the water against Z's clothes or something carried

by Z. Here, if the throwing of the stone produce the effect of causing any substance to come into contact with Z, or Z's clothes, A

has used force to Z, and if he did so without Z's consent, intending thereby to injure, frighten or annoy Z, h e has used criminal

force to Z.

(f) A intentionally pulls up a Woman's veil. Here A intentionally uses force to her, and if he doe s so without her consent

intending or knowing it to be likely that he may thereby injure, frighten or annoy her, he has used criminal force to her.

(g) Z is bathing. A pours into the bath water which he knows to be boiling. Here A intentionally by his own bodily power

causes such motion in the boiling water as brings that water into contact with Z, or with other water so situated that such c ontact

must affect Z's sense of feeling; A has therefore intentionally used force to Z; and if he has done this withou t Z's consent

intending or knowing it to be likely that he may thereby cause injury, fear or annoyance to Z, A has used criminal force.

(h) A incites a dog to spring upon Z, without Z's consent. Here, if A intends to cause injury, fear or annoyance to Z, h e uses

criminal force to Z.