This section covers punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003).
Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder:
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 a 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, the punishment will be imprisonment for life or imprisonment of either description for a term up to ten years.
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, the punishment will be imprisonment of either description for a term up to ten years and with a fine.
What was the old IPC code for Section 105 of BNS 2023?
In the Indian Penal Code, punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder was covered in S. 304*.