PPC § 350 — Criminal force

Statutory text (English)

Whoever intentionally uses force to any person, without that person's
consent, in order to the committing of any offence, or intending by the use of such force to cause, or
knowing it to be likely that by the use of such force he will cause injury, fear or annoyance to the
person to whom the force is used, is said to use criminal force to that other.
Illustrations
(a) Z is sitting in a moored boat on a river. A unfastens the moorings, and thus
intentionally causes the boat to drift down the stream. Here A intentionally
causes motion to Z, and he does this by disposing substances in such a manner
that the motion is produced without any other action on any person’s part. A has
therefore intentionally used force to Z; and if he has done so without Z’s
consent, in order to the committing of any offence, or intending or knowing it
to be likely that this use of force will cause injury, fear or annoyance to Z, A
has used criminal force to Z.
(b) Z is riding in a chariot. A lashes Z’s horses, and thereby causes them to quicken
their pace. Here A has caused change of motion to Z by inducing the animals to
change their motion. A has therefore used force to Z; and if A has done this
without Z’s consent, intending or knowing it to be likely that he may thereby
injure, frighten or annoy Z, A has used criminal force to Z.
(c) Z is riding in a palanquin. A, intending to rob Z, seizes the pole and stops the
palanquin. Here A has caused cessation of motion to Z, and he has done this by
his own bodily power. A has therefore used force to Z; and as A has acted thus
intentionally, without Z’s consent, in order to the commission of an offence. A
has used criminal force to Z.
(d) A intentionally pushes against Z in the street. Here A has by his own bodily
power moved his own person so as to bring it into contact with Z. He has
therefore intentionally used force to Z; and if he has done so without Z’s
consent, intending or knowing it to be likely that he may thereby injure, frighten
or annoy Z, he has used criminal force to Z.
(e) A throws a stone, intending or knowing it to be likely that the stone will be thus
brought into contact with Z, or with Z’s clothes, or with something carried by
Z, or that it will strike water, and dash up the water against Z’s clothes or
something carried by Z. Here, if the throwing of the stone produce the effect of
causing any substance to come into contact with Z, or Z’s clothes, A has used
force to Z; and if he did so without Z’s consent, intending thereby to injure,
frighten or annoy Z, he has used criminal force to Z.
(f) A intentionally pulls up a woman's veil. Here A intentionally uses force to her,
and if he does so without her consent intending or knowing it to be likely that
he may thereby injure, frighten or annoy her, he has used criminal force to her.
(g) Z is bathing, A pours into the bath water which he knows to be boiling. Here A
intentionally by his own bodily power causes such motion in the boiling water
as brings that water into contact with Z, or with other water so situated that such
contact must affect Z’s sense of feeling: A has therefore intentionally used force
to Z; and if he has done this without Z’s consent intending or knowing it to be
likely that he may thereby cause injury, fear or annoyance to Z, A has used
criminal force.
(h) A incites a dog to spring upon Z, without Z’s consent. Here, if A intends to
cause injury, fear or annoyance to Z, he uses criminal force to Z.

Source and verification

Source citation: PPC (Act XLV of 1860) s.350: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE PAKISTAN PENAL CODE' (Act No. XLV of 1860), p. 126, 127, ingested 2026-09-15. Automated transcription from official source (pypdf extraction, audited artifact repair); human admin re-check required before production.

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