Muluki Criminal Code, 2017

Added by the Act Amending Some Acts Relating to Criminal Offenses and Criminal Procedure, 2079.192A. Not to Maim by Using Acid: (1) No person shall maim, cause to be maimed, or cause physical injury to another by throwing, sprinkling, pouring, using, or administering acid. Explanation: For the purposes of this Code, "acid" means any inorganic acid-based chemical substance that burns, causes corrosive damage, or otherwise seriously affects human organs, animals, or other biological or non-biological objects; and that term also includes nitric acid, sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, and other hazardous and flammable chemical substances.

(2) If, as a result of any act under subsection (1) or the consequence thereof, both eyes of a person are burned or damaged resulting in complete loss of sight, both ears are burned or damaged resulting in complete loss of hearing, the nose is burned or damaged becoming useless, the face is completely burned or damaged causing disfigurement, if the victim is a woman, both breasts are burned or damaged becoming useless, or the genitals of any person are burned or damaged and destroyed, the person committing or causing such offense shall be liable to imprisonment for twenty years and a fine of ten lakh rupees.

(3) Except as written in subsection (2), if, as a result of any act under subsection (1) or the consequence thereof, one eye or one ear of a person is burned or damaged becoming useless, the face is partially burned or damaged causing disfigurement, if the victim is a woman, one breast is burned or damaged becoming useless, both hands are burned becoming useless, both feet are completely burned becoming useless, any part of the head is burned and damaged, or the spine is burned or damaged becoming useless, the punishment shall be imprisonment for a term of fifteen years to twenty years and a fine of seven lakh rupees to ten lakh rupees.

(4) Except as written in subsection (2) or (3), if, as a result of any act under subsection (1) or the consequence thereof, any other part of a person's body is maimed or physically injured, the punishment shall be, according to the nature of the offense, imprisonment for a term of seven years to ten years and a fine of five lakh rupees to seven lakh rupees.

(5) If the victim of an offense under subsection (1) does not die immediately, but dies within one year from the date of such offense as a result of the same act, it shall be deemed that the offense of homicide and the result under subsection (2), (3), or (4) has occurred, and the punishment shall be as per that subsection.

(6) If a person attempts to do an act under subsection (1) but the act does not affect the concerned person, or someone avoids or escapes from it, the person attempting such act shall be deemed to have made an attempt to commit an offense under this Section, and shall be liable to imprisonment for a term of five years to seven years and a fine of one lakh rupees to three lakh rupees.

(7) The entire amount received as a fine under subsection (2), (3), or (4) shall be given to the victim as compensation.

(8) Reasonable compensation shall be recovered considering the physical and mental pain suffered by the victim due to an offense under this Section, the severity of the maiming, and the fine amount, and shall be provided to the victim.