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Penal Code, 1860 (Act No. XLV of 1860).
purposes, or for food or drink for human beings or for animals which are
property, or for cleanliness or for carrying on any manufacture, shall be punished
with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to five
years, or with fine, or with both.
by wrongfully
diverting water
Mischief by injury to
public road, bridge,
river or channel
431. Whoever commits mischief by doing any act which renders or which he
knows to be likely to render any public road, bridge, navigable river or navigable
channel, natural or artificial, impassable or less safe for traveling or conveying
property, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term
which may extend to five years, or with fine, or with both.
Mischief by causing
inundation or
obstruction to public
drainage attended
with damage
432. Whoever commits mischief by doing any act which causes or which he
knows to be likely to cause an inundation or an obstruction to any public
drainage attended with injury or damage, shall be punished with imprisonment of
either description for a term which may extend to five years, or with fine, or with
both.
Mischief by
destroying, moving or
rendering less useful
a lighthouse or sea
mark
433. Whoever commits mischief by destroying or moving any lighthouse or other
light used as a seamark, or any seamark or buoy or other thing placed as a
guide for navigators, or by any act which renders any such lighthouse, seamark,
buoy or other such thing as aforesaid less useful as a guide for navigators, shall
be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend
to seven years, or with fine, or with both.
Mischief of destroying
or moving, etc, a
landmark fixed by
public authority
434. Whoever commits mischief by destroying or moving any landmark fixed by
the authority of a public servant, or by any act which renders such landmark
less useful as such, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for
a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.
Mischief by fire or
explosive substance
with intent to cause
damage to amount of
one hundred or (in
case of agricultural
produce) ten taka
435. Whoever commits mischief by fire or any explosive substance, intending to
cause, or knowing it to be likely that he will thereby cause, damage to any
property to the amount of one hundred taka or upwards or (where the property
is agricultural produce) ten taka or upwards, shall be punished with imprisonment
of either description for a term which may extend to seven years and shall also
be liable to fine.
Mischief by fire or
explosive substance
with intent to destroy
house, etc
436. Whoever commits mischief by fire or any explosive substance, intending to
cause, or knowing it to be likely that he will thereby cause, the destruction of
any building which is ordinarily used as a place of worship or as a human
dwelling or as a place for the custody of property, shall be punished with 148[
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.
Mischief with intent
to destroy or make
unsafe a decked
vessel or one of
twenty tons burden
437. Whoever commits mischief to any decked vessel or any vessel of a burden
of twenty tons or upwards, intending to destroy or render unsafe, or knowing it
to be likely that he will thereby destroy or render unsafe, that vessel, shall be
punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to
ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Punishment for the
mischief described in
section 437
committed by fire or
explosive substance
438. Whoever commits, or attempts to commit, by fire or any explosive
substance, such mischief as is described in the last preceding section, shall be
punished with 149[ imprisonment] for life, or with imprisonment of either
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