anything so situated that such contact affects that other's sense of feeling: provided that
the person causing the motion, or change of motion, or cessation of motion, causes that
motion, change of motion, or cessation of motion in one of the three ways hereinafter
described:
First: By his own bodily power.
Secondly: By disposing any substance in such a manner that the motion or change or
cessation of motion takes place without any further act on his part, or on the part of any
other person.
Thirdly: By inducing any animal to move, to change its motion, or to cease to move.
350. Criminal force: Whoever intentionally uses force to any person, without that
person's consent, in order to the committing of any offence, or intending by the use of
such force to cause or knowing it to be likely that by the use of such force he wilt cause
injury, fear or annoyance to the person to whom the force is used, is said to use criminal
force to that other.
Illustrations
(a) Z is sitting in a moored boat on a river. A unfastens the moorings, and thus
intentionally causes the boat to drift down the stream. Here A intentionally causes motion
to Z, and he does this by disposing substances in such a manner that the motion is
produced without any other action on any person's part. A has, therefore, intentionally
used force to Z; and if he has done so without Z's consent, in order to the committing of
any offence or intending or knowing it to be likely that this use of force will cause injury, for
or annoyance to Z, A has used criminal force to Z.
(b) Z is riding in a chariot, A lashes Z's horses, and thereby cause them to quicken their
pace. Here A has caused change of motion to Z by inducing the animals to change their
motion. A has, therefore, used force to Z. and if ,A has done this without Z's consent,
intending or knowing it to be likely that he may thereby injure, frighten or annoy Z. A has
used criminal force to Z.
(c) Z is riding in a palanquin. A, intending to rob Z. seizes the pole and stops the
palanquin. Here A has caused cessation of motion to Z, and he has done this by his own
bodily power. A has, therefore, used force to Z and as A has acted thus intentionally
without Z's consent in order to the commission of an offence A has used criminal force to
Z.
(d) A intentionally pushes against Z in the street. Here A has by his own bodily power
moved his own person so as to bring it into contact with Z. He has therefore, intentionally
used force to Z; and if he has done so without Z's consent, intending or knowing it to be
likely that he may thereby injure, frighten or annoy Z. he has used criminal force to Z.