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Section 3A
The Suppression of Unlawful Acts against Safety of Civil Aviation Act, 1982

Section 3A. Offence at airport

1[3A. Offence at airport.-- (1) Whoever, at any airport, unlawfully and intentionally, using any device, substance or weapon,--

(a) commits an act of violence which is likely to cause grievous hurt or death of any person; or

(b) destroys or seriously damages any aircraft or facility at an airport or disrupts any service at the airport,

endangering or threatening to endanger safety at that airport, shall be punished with imprisonment for life and shall also be liable to fine.

(2) Whoever attempts to commit, or abets the commission of, any offence under sub-section (1) shall also be deemed to have committed such offence and shall be punished with the punishment provided for such offence.]

1Superscript markers show text inserted or substituted by a later amendment. The Act carries the markers without the footnotes they refer to, so they are shown without a target.

How courts have applied section 3A