174Wantonly endangering persons on railways

174 Wantonly endangering persons on railways

Any person who unlawfully, and wilfully or recklessly, in a manner likely to injure or endanger the safety of any person on any railway –

(a) by any act or omission endangers or obstructs any engine, carriage, or other vehicle on any railway;

(b) does any act likely to interfere with or to cause injury to any engine, carriage, or other vehicle on any railway;

(c) shoots or throws anything at, into, or upon, or causes anything to come in contact with, any engine, carriage, or other vehicle, or any person;

(d) does anything whatever to any part of any railway, or to any points, machinery, or signal belonging to or near to any railway, or to any engine, carriage, or other vehicle thereon;

(e) deals in any way with any signal or light on or near to any railway, or makes or shows any false signal or light, or makes any sign whatever on or near to any railway; or

(f) by any culpable neglect of duty endangers the safety of any person conveyed or being upon any railway –

is guilty of a crime.

Charge:  Wantonly endangering persons on a railway.