Whoever endangers public security by dangerous means, but has not caused serious consequences, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than 10 years; Whoever commits this crime and causes serious injury, death or heavy losses to public or private property shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years, life imprisonment or death.
The crime of endangering public security is a general crime. The object of this kind of crime is public security, which is objectively manifested in the implementation of various acts endangering public security. It is significantly different from the crime of murder, the crime of injury, the crime of corruption and the crime of theft that infringe on property, etc, The crime of endangering public security includes the danger of causing unspecified casualties or heavy losses to public and private property. The scope and extent of casualties and losses are often unpredictable. Therefore, it is a kind of crime with great harmfulness among ordinary criminal crimes in the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China.
Legal basis
Article 115 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China [arson] [crime of breaking water] [crime of explosion] [crime of throwing dangerous substances] [crime of endangering public security by dangerous means] arson, breaking water, explosion, and the throwing of toxic, radioactive, infectious disease pathogens and other substances or other dangerous methods to cause serious injury, death or heavy losses to public and private property, They shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years, life imprisonment or death.
[Crime of fire] [Crime of negligent breach of water] [Crime of negligent explosion] [Crime of negligent release of dangerous substances] [Crime of negligent endangering public security by dangerous means] Whoever negligently commits the crime mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years; If the circumstances are relatively minor, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention.
