This section covers malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003).
Malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life.
Whoever malignantly does any act which is, and which he knows or has reason to believe to be, likely to spread the infection of any disease dangerous to life, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
What was the old IPC code for Section 272 of BNS 2023?
In the Indian Penal Code, malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life was covered in S. 270*.