Whoever knowingly hurts others with a knife is suspected of intentional injury and shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance. Whoever intentionally causes serious injuries with a knife shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years.
Legal basis:
Article 234 of the Criminal Law Whoever intentionally harms another person's body shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance.
Whoever commits the crime mentioned in the preceding paragraph and causes serious injuries shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years; Whoever causes death or serious disability by particularly cruel means shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years, life imprisonment or death. Where there are other provisions in this Law, such provisions shall prevail.
Second, how to determine the sentencing of intentional knife wounding?
1. Determine the starting point of sentencing within the corresponding range according to the following different situations.
(1) If intentional injury causes minor injuries, the starting point of sentencing can be determined within the range of six months to one year and six months' imprisonment;
(2) If intentional injury causes serious injury, the starting point of sentencing can be determined within the range of fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than four years;
(3) If a person is intentionally injured by particularly cruel means, causing serious injuries, resulting in severe disability of Grade VI, the starting point of sentencing can be determined within the range of fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years but not more than 12 years. Except for those who should be sentenced to life imprisonment or more according to law;
(4) If intentional injury causes death, the starting point of sentencing can be determined within the range of fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years but not more than 15 years. Except for those who should be sentenced to life imprisonment or more according to law.
2. On the basis of the starting point of sentencing, increase the penalty and determine the benchmark penalty according to the criminal facts that affect the composition of the crime, such as the consequences of casualties, the level of disability, and the cruelty of means.
In any of the following circumstances, the corresponding fine can be increased and the benchmark fine can be determined:
(1) For each minor injury, the sentence can be increased by one month to two months;
(2) The term of imprisonment can be increased from three months to six months for each minor injury;
(3) For each additional seriously injured person, the sentence can be increased by one to two years;
(4) If the victim is disabled from 10 to 7, the sentence can be increased by one month to three months for each level of disability.
If another person is hired to commit injury, the benchmark punishment can be increased by less than 20%.
Under any of the following circumstances, the benchmark punishment can be reduced by less than 20%:
(1) is caused by the intensification of civil conflicts such as marriage, family and neighborhood disputes;
(2) Crime is a criminal act caused by the fault of the victim or the intensification of contradictions;
(3) actively rescuing the victim after committing a crime.
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