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Section 105 - The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
The 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.
Related Sections
- Section 118: Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means
- Section 213: Refusing oath or affirmation when duly required by public servant to make it
- Section 332: House-trespass in order to commit offence
- Section 229: Punishment for false evidence
- Section 54: Abettor present when offence is committed
Related Acts
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Prevention and Control) Act, 2017
- Collection of Statistics (Amendment) Act, 2017
- Repealing and Amending Act, 2019
- National Forensic Sciences University Act, 2020
- Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2015
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