{"id":5575,"date":"2024-08-01T17:39:05","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T12:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leadindia.law\/blog\/en\/?p=5575"},"modified":"2024-08-01T17:39:06","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T12:09:06","slug":"role-of-section-105-under-bns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leadindia.law\/blog\/en\/role-of-section-105-under-bns\/","title":{"rendered":"Role of Section 105 under BNS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The newly enacted BNS talks about punishment for culpable homicide, not amount to murder. The difference between murder and culpable homicide is between the intention and the surrounding circumstances. Section 105 of BNS talks about this. It also includes those acts that come under the exceptions of murder. These can be grave and sudden provocation, private defense, etc. The degree of intention or knowledge is not that high in these exceptions. That is why these offenses fall under culpable homicide. The punishment for culpable homicide is less than murder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section 105 under BNS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Section 105 of BNS states that if the person has committed any such act by which death has been caused. The act was done to cause death or with the intention of causing such bodily injury that is likely to cause death, then such person may be punished with life imprisonment or with imprisonment which shall not be less than five years but which shall not be more than ten years. The person will also be liable to a fine along with imprisonment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second part of Section 105 of BNS states that if the person has committed any act with the knowledge that such act is likely to cause death but he does not have any intention to cause death by such act, or he has committed the act with the knowledge that such act might cause such bodily injury as it is likely to cause death, then such person shall be punished with imprisonment of ten years and with fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The key elements of Culpable Homicide not amount to murder<\/h4>\n\n\n\n