(7) Whoever with intent to overawe the Government as by law established or to strike terror in the people or any section of the people or to alienate any section of the people or to adversely affect the harmony amongst different sections of the people does any act or thing by using bombs, dynamite or other explosive substances or inflammable substances or fire-arms or other Jethal weapons or poisons or noxious gases or other chemicals or by any other substances (whether biological or otherwise) of a hazardous nature in such a manner as to cause, or as is likely to cause, deatR or, or injuries to, any person or persons or lo3S of, or damage to, or destruction of, property or disruption of any supplies or services essential to the life of the community, or detains any person and threatens to kill or injure such person in order to compel the Government or any other person to do or abstains from doing any act, commits a terrorist act.
(2) Whoever commits a terrorist act, shall,— (ij if such act had resulted in the death oi any person, be punishable with death or imprisonment for life and shall also be liable to fine;
<ii) in any ether case, be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than five years but which may extend to term of life and shall also be liable to fine.
(3) Whoever conspires, or attempts to commit, or advocates, abets, advises or incites or knowingly facilitates the commission of, a terrorist act or any act preparatory to a terrorist act, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than five years but which may extend to term of life and shajl also be liable to fine.
(4) Whoever harbours or conceals, or attempts to harbour or conceal, any terrorist shall be punishable with Imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than five years but which may extend to term of life and shall also be liable to fine, 4,- (7) Whoever commits or conspires or attempts to commit or abets, advocates, advises, or knowingly facilitates the- commission of, any disruptive activity or any act preparatory to a disruptive activity shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than five years but which may extend to term of life and shall, also be liable to fine.
Punishment for terrorist acts.
Punishment for lisruptive ictivitles.
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(2) For the purposes of sub-section (I), "disruptive activity" means any action taken, whether by act or by speech or through any other media or in any other manner whatsoever,—
(i) which questions, disrupts or is intended to disrupt, whether directly or indirectly, the sovereignty and territorial integrity of India; or
(ii) which is intended to bring about or supports any claim, whether directly or indirectly, for the cession of any part of India or the secession of any part of India from the Union.
Explanation.—For the purposes of this sub-section,—
(a) "cession" includes the admission of any claim of any foreign country to any part of India, and
(b) "secession " includes the assertion of any claim to determine whether a part of India will remain within the Un4on.
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of subsection (2), it is hereby declared that any action taken, whether by «ct or by speech or through any other media or in any other manner whatsoever, which—
(a) advocates, advises, suggests or incites; or
(b) predicts, prophesies" or pronounces or otherwise expresses, in such manner as to incite, advise, suggest or prompt, the killing or the destruction of any persons bound by oath under the Constitution to uphold the sovereignty and integrity of India or any public servants stall be deemed to be a disruptive activity within the meaning of this section.
(4) Whoever harbours or conceals, or attempts to harbour or conceal, any disruptionist shall be punishable with imprisonment; for a term which shall not be less than five years but which may extend to term of life and shall also be liable to fine,