IPC Section 349 - Force

349. Force. A person is said to use force to another if he causes motion, change of motion, or

cessation of motion to that other, or if he causes to any substance such motion, or change of motion, or

cessation of motion as brings that substance into contact with any par t of that other's body, or with

anything which that other is wearing or carrying, or with anything so situated that such contact affects that

other's sense of feeling: Provided that the person causing the motion, or change of motion, or cessation of

motion, causes that motion, change of motion, or cessation of motion in one of the th ree ways hereinafter

described:

First.--By his own bodily power.

Secondly.--By disposing any substance in such a manner that the motion or change or cessation of

motion takes place without any further act on his part, or on the part of any other person.

Thirdly.--By inducing any animal to move, to change its motion, or to cease to move.