BNS Section 123 — Causing hurt by means of poison, etc., with intent to commit an offence
Section 123 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Causing hurt by means of poison, etc., with intent to commit an offence”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
123. Causing hurt by means of poison, etc., with intent to commit an offence.—Whoever administers to or causes to be taken by any person any poison or any stupefying, intoxicating or unwholesome drug, or other thing with intent to cause hurt to such person, or with intent to commit or to facilitate the commission of an offence or knowing it to be likely that he will thereby cause hurt, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine. ¶
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