149 CAP. 224 Penal Code 2008 Ed. with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 7 years, or with fine, or with caning, or with any combination of such punishments. [62/73; 51/2007] [Indian PC 1860, s. 324] Punishment for voluntarily causing grievous hurt 325. Whoever, except in the case provided for by section 335, voluntarily causes grievous hurt, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 10 years, and shall also be liable to fine or to caning. [62/73; 51/2007] [Indian PC 1860, s. 325] Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means 326. 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 imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 15 years, and shall also be liable to fine or to caning. [51/2007] [Indian PC 1860, s. 326] Voluntarily causing hurt to extort property or to constrain to an illegal act 327. Whoever voluntarily causes hurt for the purpose of extorting from the sufferer, or from any person interested in the sufferer, any property or valuable security, or of constraining the sufferer, or any person interested in such sufferer, to do anything which is illegal or which may facilitate the commission of an offence, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 10 years, and shall also be liable to fine or to caning. [Indian PC 1860, s. 327] Informal Consolidation – version in force from 1/4/2015