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Section 304 - Indian Penal Code, 1860
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 104[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.
Related Sections
- Section 76: Act done by a person bound, or by mistake of fact believing himself bound, by law
- Section 365: Kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person
- Section 336: Act endangering life or personal safety of others
- Section 103: When the right of private defense of property extends to causing death
- Section 335: Voluntarily causing grievous hurt on provocation
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