Whoever commits culpable homicide not amounting to murder, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than five years but 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 and with fine, 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.
CHAPTER VI OF OFFENCES AFFECTING THE HUMAN BODY · Of offences affecting life
Section 105: Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
Corresponding IPC provision
As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table
Leading cases
Questions on this section
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1. Where culpable homicide not amounting to murder is committed by an act done with the intention of causing death, Section 105 BNS prescribes