INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
337. Causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others.
125(a). Act endangering life or personal safety of others.
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INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
Causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others.
337. Causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of
others.--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.
Repealed / historical reference India Code — IPC 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
125. Act endangering life or personal safety of others.—Whoever does 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 three months or with fine which may
extend to two thousand five hundred rupees, or with both, but—
(a) where hurt is caused, 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 thousand rupees, or with
both;
(b) where grievous hurt is caused, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a
term which may extend to three years, or with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees, or with
both.
Of wrongful restraint and wrongful confinement