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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government Enacted1860

Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 326

Voluntarily Causing Grievous Hurt by Dangerous Weapons or Means

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Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 326 is part of Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) - Voluntarily Causing Grievous Hurt by Dangerous Weapons or Means. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Whoever, except in the case provided for by section 335, voluntarily causes grievous 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 ¹ [imprisonment For life], or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.

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1. Substituted by Act 26 of 1955, section 117 and Schedule, for "transportation for life" (w.e.f. 1-1-1956).

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