Section 231: Prohibition of conducting medical treatment maliciously

1) No person shall, with the intention of causing death of, or grievous hurt to, another person, carry out his or her treatment malicious, conduct one type of medical treatment of him or her instead of another type of treatment as required, or administer, or prescribe for administration of, any drug to him or her knowingly or having reason to believe that the administration or prescription of such drug may cause death of, or grievous hurt, to him or her or conduct surgery on one organ of human body of him or her instead of another organ as required or make such organ dysfunctional or separate such organ from the human body, or cause the commission of any of such acts.

2) A person who commits, or causes to be committed, the offence referred to in sub-section (1) shall be liable to the following sentence:

(a) The same sentence as imposable for murder, in the case of causing the death of any person,

(b) The same sentence as imposable for grievous hurt, in the case of causing grievous hurt to any person.