Section 449

Any person who unlawfully and with intent to obstruct the use of a railway or to injure any property upon a railway-

(1) deals with the railway or with anything whatever upon or near the railway in such a manner as to affect or endanger the free and safe use of the railway; or

(2) shows any light or signal, or in any way deals with any existing light or signal, upon or near the railway; or

(3) by any omission to do any act which it is his duty to do causes the free and safe use of the railway to be endangered;

is guilty of a felony, and is liable to imprisonment for life.