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Section 287 - The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
287. Negligent conduct with respect to fire or combustible matter.
Whoever does, with fire or any combustible matter, any act so rashly or negligently as to endanger human life, or to be likely to cause hurt or injury to any other person or knowingly or negligently omits to take such order with any fire or any combustible matter in his possession as is sufficient to guard against any probable danger to human life from such fire or combustible matter, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees, or with both.
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- Section 140: Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder or for ransom, etc
- Section 163: Abetment of desertion of soldier, sailor or airman
- Section 228: Fabricating false evidence
- Section 126: Wrongful restraint
- Section 161: Abetment of assault by soldier, sailor or airman on his superior officer, when in execution of his office
Related Acts
- Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Prevention and Control) Act, 2017
- Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017
- Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015
- Inter-Services Organisations (Command, Control and Discipline) Act, 2023
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