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Legal definition of Culpable homicide

legal definition of Culpable homicide

 

Section 299 of Indian Penal Code defines Culpable homicide as:

Who ever causes death by doing an act with the intention of causing death, or with the intention of causing such bodily injury as is likely to cause death, or with the knowledge that he is likely by such act to cause death, commits the offence of culpable homicide.

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