Indian Penal Code (IPC) Section 304. Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

Indian Penal Code (IPC) S. 304. Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

304. Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.—Whoever commits culpable homicide not amounting to murder, shall be punished with [i][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.

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See, definition of murder.

See, also, what is culpable homicide.

 

More details about this Section

Cognizable or not?

Cognizable

Whether Bailable?

Non-bailable

Compoundable or not?

Not compoundable

Triable by whom?

Court of Session

 

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[i]  Substituted by Act 26 of 1955, S. 117 and Sch., for “transportation for life”.

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