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to perform an act that creates a substantial risk of
bodily injury.
(b) A person who knowingly or intentionally
performs hazing commits a Class B misdemeanor.
However, the offense is a Level 6 felony if it
results in serious bodily injury to another person,
and a Level 5 felony if it is committed by means
of a deadly weapon.
(c) A person, other than a person who has
committed an offense under this section or a delin-
quent act that would be an offense under this sec-
tion if the violator were an adult, who:
(1) makes a report of hazing in good faith;
(2) participates in good faith in a judicial
proceeding resulting from a report of haz-
ing;
(3) employs a reporting or participating
person described in subdivision (1) or (2);
or
(4) supervises a reporting or participating
person described in subdivision (1) or (2);
is not liable for civil damages or criminal penal-
ties that might otherwise be imposed because of
the report or participation.
(d) A person described in subsection (c)(1) or
(c)(2) is presumed to act in good faith.
(e) A person described in subsection (c)(1) or
(c)(2) may not be treated as acting in bad faith
solely because the person did not have probable
cause to believe that a person committed:
(1) an offense under this section; or
(2) a delinquent act that would be an
offense under this section if the offender
were an adult.
35-42-2-3. Provocation.
Aperson who recklessly, knowingly, or inten-
tionally engages in conduct that is likely to pro-
voke a reasonable person to commit battery
commits provocation, a Class C infraction.
35-42-2-5. Overpass mischief.
(a) As used in this section, “overpass” means
a bridge or other structure designed to carry vehic-
ular or pedestrian traffic over any roadway, rail-
road track, or waterway.
(b) A person who knowingly, intentionally,
or recklessly:
(1) drops, causes to drop, or throws an
object from an overpass; or
(2) with the intent that the object fall,
places on an overpass an object that falls
off the overpass;
causing bodily injury to another person commits
overpass mischief, a Level 5 felony. However, the
offense is a Level 4 felony if it results in serious
bodily injury to another person.
35-42-2-9. Strangulation.
(a) This section does not apply to a medical
procedure.
(b) A person who, in a rude, angry or insolent
manner, knowingly or intentionally:
(1) applies pressure to the throat or neck of
another person; or
(2) obstructs the nose or mouth of another
person;
in a manner that impedes the normal breathing or
the blood circulation of the other person com-
mits strangulation, a Level 6 felony.
Chapter 3. Kidnapping, Confinement
and Interference With Custody.
35-42-3-1.
Confined defined.
35-42-3-2.
Kidnapping.
35-42-3-3.
Criminal confinement.
35-42-3-4.
Interference with custody.
35-42-3-1. Confined defined.
As used in this chapter, “confine” means to
substantially interfere with the liberty of a person.
35-42-3-2. Kidnapping.
(a) A person who knowingly or intentionally
removes another person, by fraud, enticement,
force, or threat of force, from one place to another
commits kidnapping. Except as provided in sub-
section (b), the offense of kidnapping is a Level
6 felony.
(b) The offense described in subsection (a)
is:
(1) a Level 5 felony if:
(A) the person removed is less than
fourteen (14) years of age and is not the
removing person’s child.
(B) it is committed by using a vehicle;
or
(C) it results in bodily injury to a per-
son other than the removing person;
