Whoever throws or attempts to throw acid on any person or attempts to administer acid to any person, or attempts to use any other means, with the intention of causing permanent or partial damage or deformity or burns or maiming or disfigurement or disability or grievous hurt to that person, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than five years but which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Explanation 1.-For the purposes of section 326A and this section, "acid" includes any substance which has acidic or corrosive character or burning nature, that is capable of causing bodily injury leading to scars or disfigurement or temporary or permanent disability.
Explanation 2.-For the purposes of section 326A and this section, permanent or partial damage or deformity shall not be required to be irreversible.
262 IPC Using Government stamp known to have been before used
263 IPC Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been used
263A IPC Prohibition of fictitious stamps
264 IPC Fraudulent use of false instrument for weighing
265 IPC Fraudulent use of false weight or measure
266 IPC Being in possession of false weight or measure
267 IPC Making or selling false weight or measure
269 IPC Negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life
270 IPC Malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life
271 IPC Disobedience to quarantine rule
272 IPC Adulteration of food or drink intended for sale
273 IPC Sale of noxious food or drink
275 IPC Sale of adulterated drugs
276 IPC Sale of drug as a different drug or preparation
277 IPC Fouling water of public spring or reservoir
278 IPC Making atmosphere noxious to health
279 IPC Rash driving or riding on a public way
280 IPC Rash navigation of vessel
281 IPC Exhibition of false light, mark or buoy
282 IPC Conveying person by water for hire in unsafe or overloaded vessel
283 IPC Danger or obstruction in public way or line of navigation
284 IPC Negligent conduct with respect to poisonous substance
285 IPC Negligent conduct with respect to fire or combustible matter
286 IPC Negligent conduct with respect to explosive substance
287 IPC Negligent conduct with respect to machinery
288 IPC Negligent conduct with respect to pulling down or repairing buildings
289 IPC Negligent conduct with respect to animal
290 IPC Punishment for public nuisance in cases not otherwise provided for
291 IPC Continuance of nuisance after injunction to discontinue
292 IPC Sale, etc., of obscene books, etc
293 IPC Sale, etc., of obscene objects to young person
294 IPC Obscene acts and songs
294A IPC Keeping lottery office
295 IPC Injuring or defiling place of worship, with intent to insult the religion of any class
296 IPC Disturbing religious assembly
297 IPC Trespassing on burial places, etc
298 IPC Uttering words, etc., with deliberate intent to wound religious feelings
301 IPC Culpable homicide by causing death of person other than person whose death was intended
303 IPC Punishment for murder by life-convict
304 IPC Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder
304A IPC Causing death by negligence
305 IPC Abetment of suicide of child or insane person
308 IPC Attempt to commit culpable homicide
309 IPC Attempt to commit suicide
313 IPC Causing miscarriage without woman's consent
314 IPC Death caused by act done with intent to cause miscarriage
315 IPC Act done with intent to prevent child being born alive or to cause it to die after birth
316 IPC Causing death of quick unborn child by act amounting to culpable homicide
317 IPC Exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years, by parent or person having care of it
318 IPC Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body
321 IPC Voluntarily causing hurt
322 IPC Voluntarily causing grievous hurt
323 IPC Punishment for voluntarily causing hurt
324 IPC Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means
325 IPC Punishment for voluntarily causing grievous hurt
326 IPC Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means
326A IPC Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by use of acid, etc