BNS 125 — Act endangering life or personal safety of others.

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

125. 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
Wrongful restraint.

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