Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
Section 289
Negligent conduct with respect to machinery
Whoever does, with any machinery, any act so rashly or negligently as to endanger human life or to be likely to cause hurt or injury to any other person or knowingly or negligently omits to take such order with any machinery in his possession or under his care as is sufficient to guard against any probable danger to human life from such machinery, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both.
Why this exists
Industrial and mechanical equipment can cause serious injury or death if operated recklessly or maintained without basic safety measures, particularly around workers and bystanders. This section, continuing the old IPC Section 287, sets a criminal-law baseline requiring reasonable precautions around machinery, complementing separate labour and factory safety regulations.