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Section 326. Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means. Previous Next 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.
1. Subs. by Act 26 of 1955, s. 117 and the Sch., for "transportation for life" (w.e.f. 1-1-1956). |
