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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 93: Exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years of age, by parent or person having care of it
- Section 336: Forgery
- Section 66: Punishment for causing death or resulting in persistent vegetative state of victim
- Section 26: Act not intended to cause death, done by consent in good faith for person's benefit
- Section 104: Punishment for murder by life-convict
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