INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
304. Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder
105. Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
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INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
304. Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.--
Whoever commits culpable homicide not amounting to murder shall be
punished with 1*[imprisonment for life], or imprisonment of either
description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also
be liable to fine, if the act by which the death is caused is done
with the intention of causing death. or of causing such bodily injury
as is likely to cause death;
or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may
extend to ten years, or with fine, or with both, if the act is done
with the knowledge that it is likely to cause death, but without any
intention to cause death, or to cause such bodily injury as is likely
to cause death.
Repealed / historical reference India Code — IPC 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
105. Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.—Whoever commits culpable
homicide not amounting to murder, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or imprisonment of
either description for a term which shall not be less than five years but which may extend to ten years,
and shall also be liable to fine, if the act by which the death is caused is done with the intention of
causing death, or of causing such bodily injury as is likely to cause death; or with imprisonment of either
description for a term which may extend to ten years and with fine, if the act is done with the knowledge
that it is likely to cause death, but without any intention to cause death, or to cause such bodily injury as
is likely to cause death.
Current law India Code — BNS 2023