BNS Section 326 - Mischief by injury, inundation, fire or explosive substance, etc

326. Mischief by injury, inundation, fire or explosive substance, etc.--Whoever commits

mischief by,--

(a) doing any act which causes, or which he knows to be likely to cause, a diminution of the

supply of water for agricultural 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;

(b) 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 travelling 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;

(c) 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;

(d) destroying or moving any sign or signal used for navigation of rail, aircraft or ship or other

thing placed as a guide for navigators, or by any act which renders any such sign or signal 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;

(e) destroying or moving any land-mark fixed by the authority of a public servant, or by any act

which renders such land-mark 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;

(f) fire or any explosive substance intending to cause, or knowing it to be likely that he will

thereby cause, damage to any property including agricultural produce, shall be punished with

imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be

liable to fine;

(g) 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 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.