Section 5

5. Punishment for making or possessing explosives under suspicious circumstances.-Any person who makes or knowingly has in his possession or under his control any explosive substance or special category explosive substance. under such circumstances as h) give rise to a reasonable suspicion that he is not making it or does not have it in hIS possess lOll or under his control for a lawful object, shall, unless he can show that he made it or had it In his possession or under his control for a lawful object, be punished,- (a) 111 the case of any explosive substance, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to tine; (b) in the case of any special category explosive substance, with rigorous imprisonment for life, or with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.]