BNS125
BNS Section 125: Act endangering life or personal safety of others
Ch VI · Of Offences Affecting the Human Body
Gazette p.53
Punishment 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; 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
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Arrest, bail & court
- Cognizable · Bailable · Any Magistrate (Doing any act endangering human life or personal safety of others)
- Cognizable · Bailable · Any Magistrate (Where hurt is caused)
- Cognizable · Bailable · Any Magistrate (Where grievous hurt is caused)
From the BNSS, 2023, First Schedule (machine-extracted; check the Schedule for anything consequential).
Verbatim · BNS125. 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.
Corresponds (indicatively) to IPC 336, 337, 338 of the repealed Indian Penal Code, 1860. IPC → BNS table
Cite as: Section 125, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023)