BBanaka

BNS Section 125: Act endangering life or personal safety of others

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter 6: Of Offences Affecting the Human Body - Of offences affecting life - Of hurt - Of wrongful restraint and wrongful confinement - Of criminal force and assault - Of kidnapping, abduction, slavery and forced labour

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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

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Replaces IPC 336, IPC 337, IPC 338. IPC → BNS converterSource: BPR&D BNS–IPC corresponding section table (UP Police, 2024-06-28)

Punishment, bail and trial

125Doing any act endangering human life or personal safety of others.

Punishment
Imprisonment for 3 months, or fine of 2,500 rupees, or both.
Cognizable or not
Cognizable
Bailable or not
Bailable
Triable by
Any Magistrate

125(a)Where hurt is caused.

Punishment
Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine of 5,000 rupees, or both.
Cognizable or not
Cognizable
Bailable or not
Bailable
Triable by
Any Magistrate

125(b)Where grievous hurt is caused.

Punishment
Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine of 10,000 rupees, or both.
Cognizable or not
Cognizable
Bailable or not
Bailable
Triable by
Any Magistrate

Source: BNSS First Schedule, Gazette of India, 25 December 2023, p. 166. The Schedule gives the substance of the section, not its full definition, and a State may have amended the classification for its territory. See it in the full First Schedule

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