CN-0128Concepts · Criminal · Wanted
Culpable Homicide and Murder
Scope
The line between culpable homicide and murder, drawn by degrees of intention and knowledge, and the way courts work through it.
Authorities to start from
- Indian Penal Code, 1860, §§ 299, 300 (now Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, §§ 100, 101)
- State of A.P. v. Rayavarapu Punnayya, (1976) 4 SCC 382
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