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Offences Affecting Public Health, Safety and Convenience
Rashly/negligently handling a poisonous substance so as to endanger life or likely cause hurt, or negligently failing to take adequate precautions with a poisonous substance in one's possession, is punished with up to 6 months' imprisonment, up to ₹5,000 fine, or both.
This criminalises careless handling or storage of poisonous substances that creates a danger to others.
Someone who carelessly stores a dangerous poison without adequate safety precautions, creating a probable danger to others, commits this offence.