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Acts intended to cause grievous harm or prevent arrest

218. Any person who, with intent to maim, disfigure or disable any person, or to do some grievous harm to any person, or to resist or prevent the lawful arrest or detention of any person-

(a) unlawfully wounds or does any grievous harm to any person by any means whatever; or

(b) unlawfully attempts in any manner to strike any person with any kind of projectile or with a spear, sword, knife or other dangerous or offensive weapon; or

(c) unlawfully causes any explosive substance to explode; or

(d) sends or delivers any explosive substance or other dangerous or noxious thing to any person; or

(e) causes any such substance or thing to be taken or received by any person; or

(f) puts any corrosive fluid or any destructive or explosive substance in any place; or

(g) unlawfully casts or throws any such fluid or substance at or upon any person, or otherwise applies any such fluid or substance to the person of any person,

is guilty of a felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for life.

Causing explosion endangering life

220A. Any person who wilfully and unlawfully causes by any explosive substance an explosion of a nature likely to endanger life, whether or not any injury to any person is actually caused, is guilty of a felony and shall be liable to imprisonment for life.

Attempting to injure by explosive substances

221. Any person who unlawfully, and with intent to do any harm to another, puts any explosive substance in any place whatever, is guilty of a felony and shall be liable to imprisonment for 14 years.