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.
CHAPTER VI OF OFFENCES AFFECTING THE HUMAN BODY · Of hurt
Section 123: Causing hurt by means of poison, etc., with intent to commit an offence
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
Corresponding IPC provision
As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table
Questions on this section
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1. A mixes a stupefying drug into Z's tea so that, once Z is unconscious, A can take away Z's luggage. Z drinks the tea and becomes unconscious, but A is caught before he takes anything. Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 specifically covers A's act of administering the drug, and what is the maximum imprisonment?