Indian Penal Code, 1860
326. Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous
weapons or means -
Whoever, except in the case provided for by section 335,
voluntarily causes grievous hurt by means of any instrument for shooting,
stabbing or cutting, or any instrument which, used as a 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 152[imprisonment for life], or with
imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years,
and shall also be liable to fine.