Indian Penal Code, 1860
324. Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or
means
Whoever, except in the case provided for by section 334,
voluntarily causes hurt by means of any instrument for shooting, stabbing or
cutting, or any instrument which, used as weapon of offence, is likely to cause
death, or by means of fire or any heated substance, or by means of any poison
or any corrosive substance, or by means of any explosive substance or by means
of any substance which it is deleterious to the human body to inhale, to
swallow, or to receive into the blood, or by means of any animal, shall be
punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to
three years, or with fine, or with both.