SHORT NOTES ON MURDER
The first offence against human life is culpable homicide. The word 'Homicide' comes from latin word 'homa' means man and 'cide' means cut. Killing of a human being by another human being is homicide.
Kinds if homicide- Homicide is either lawful or unlawful. Lawful homicide includes cases falling under the general exceptions that is S 76 to S 106.
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S 299 of IPC defines culpable homicide as,Whoever causes death,
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with intention of causing death,
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with intention of causing such bodily injury as is likely to cause death.
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With knowledge that he is likely by such act to cause death.Explanation to S 299 of IPC.
Explanation 1:- A person who causes bodily injury to another who is labouring under a disorder,disease or bodily infirmity and thereby accelerates the death of that other,is deemed to have caused his death.
He must have known about the victim's condition and then must have accelerated his death.
