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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.
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- Section 88: Act not intended to cause death, done by consent in good faith for person's benefit
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- Section 429: Mischief by killing or maiming cattle, etc., of any value or any animal of the value of fifty rupees
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- National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research (Amendment) Act, 2017
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- Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Act, 2017
- Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015
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