What is the crime of throwing a kitchen knife from high altitude?

If dropping a kitchen knife from a high altitude constitutes a crime, the maximum sentence will depend on the crime and the harm caused.

Legal Analysis

In recent years, as people have built higher and higher buildings, there have been more and more incidents of objects dropped from high places injuring pedestrians. , and these are classified as high-altitude parabolic events, but there are no strict regulations on the strict definition of high-altitude parabolic events, such as the starting point from which floor the high-altitude parabolic events are calculated. For example, if it does not cause serious consequences, but is enough to endanger public safety, it constitutes the crime of throwing objects from high altitude and is subject to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than one year, criminal detention or public surveillance. Generally speaking, when a person is injured by a high-altitude thrown object, the following methods can be used to deal with it. After a falling object occurs, the relevant management personnel should rush to the scene immediately to determine the harm caused by the falling object. If there are injured people, they should be sent to the hospital or call the emergency hotline immediately; if property is damaged, the scene should be protected, take photos and evidence, and notify relevant personnel.

Legal Basis

Article 291 of the "Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China" Whoever violates the order of a meeting, sports ground or other public place, gathers a crowd to block traffic or disrupts traffic order, resists or obstructs state security management personnel from performing their duties in accordance with the law, and if the circumstances are serious, the ringleaders shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years, criminal detention or surveillance. . Article 291-1 releases false explosive, poisonous, radioactive, infectious disease pathogens and other substances, or fabricates explosive threats, biochemical threats, radiological threats and other terrorist information, or knowingly spreads terrorist information that is fabricated, Those who seriously disrupt social order shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years, criminal detention or surveillance; those who cause serious consequences shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years. Whoever fabricates false dangers, epidemics, disasters, or police information and spreads it on information networks or other media, or knowingly spreads the above-mentioned false information on information networks or other media and seriously disrupts social order, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years. , criminal detention or control; if serious consequences are caused, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years. Article 291-2 Whoever throws objects from a building or other high altitude, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than one year, criminal detention or surveillance, and shall also or solely be fined. If the conduct in the preceding paragraph is committed and constitutes other crimes at the same time, the offender shall be convicted and punished in accordance with the provisions on heavier penalties.