Section-304 of the Penal Code,1860
The Penal Code, 1860
(ACT NO. XLV OF 1860)
CHAPTER XVI
OF OFFENCES AFFECTING THE HUMAN BODY
Of Offences
affecting Life
Punishment
for culpable homicide not amounting to murder
304. Whoever commits
culpable homicide not amounting to murder, shall be punished with 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 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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