IPC 304 — Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Statutory text

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 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.
304A.
Causing death by negligence.

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