law: 3. Punishment of grave breaches of conventions.-
  4. (1) If any person within or without India commits or attempts to commit, or abets or procures the commission by any other person of, a grave breach of any of the Conventions he shall be punished,-
  (a) Where the offence involves the wilful killing of a person protected by any of the Conventions, with death or with imprisonment for life; and
  (b) in any other case, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to fourteen years.
  (2) Sub-section (1) applies to persons regardless of their nationality or citizenship.
  (3) For the purposes of this section,-
  (a) a grave breach of the First Convention is a breach of that Convention involving an act referred to in article 50 of that Convention committed against persons or property protected by that Convention;
  (b) a grave breach of the Second Convention is a breach of that Convention involving an act referred to in article 51 of that Convention committed against persons or property protected by that Convention;
  (c) a grave breach of the Third Convention is a breach of that Convention involving an act referred to in article 130 of that Convention committed against persons or property protected by that Convention; and
  (d) a grave breach of the Fourth Convention is a breach of that Convention involving an act referred to in article 147 of that Convention committed against persons or property protected by that Convention.