INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
349. Force
128. Force.
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INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
349. Force.--A person is said to use force to another if he
causes motion, change of motion, or cessation of motion to that other,
or if he causes to any substance such motion, or change of motion, or
cessation of motion as brings that substance into contact with any
part of that other's body, or with anything which that other is
wearing or carrying, or with anything so situated that such contact
affects that other's sense of feeling: Provided that the person
causing the motion, or change of motion, or cessation of motion,
causes that motion, change of motion, or cessation of motion in one of
the three ways hereinafter described:
First.-By his own bodily power.
Secondly.-By disposing any substance in such a manner that the
motion or change or cessation of motion takes place without any
further act on his part, or on the part of any other person.
Thirdly.-By inducing any animal to move, to change its motion, or
to cease to move.
Repealed / historical reference India Code — IPC 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
128. Force.—A person is said to use force to another if he causes motion, change of motion, or
cessation of motion to that other, or if he causes to any substance such motion, or change of motion, or
cessation of motion as brings that substance into contact with any part of that other’s body, or with
anything which that other is wearing or carrying, or with anything so situated that such contact affects
that other’s sense of feeling:
Provided that the person causing the motion, or change of motion, or cessation of motion, causes that
motion, change of motion, or cessation of motion in one of the following three ways, namely:—
(a) by his own bodily power;
(b) by disposing any substance in such a manner that the motion or change or cessation of motion
takes place without any further act on his part, or on the part of any other person;
(c) by inducing any animal to move, to change its motion, or to cease to move.
Current law India Code — BNS 2023