BNS105
BNS Section 105: Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder
Ch VI · Of Offences Affecting the Human Body
Gazette p.47
Punishment 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
Copied verbatim from the section text below.
Arrest, bail & court
- Cognizable · Non-bailable · Court of Session (Culpable homicide not amounting to murder, if act by which the death is caused is done with intention of causing death, etc)
- Cognizable · Non-bailable · Court of Session (If act be done with knowledge that it is likely to cause death, but without any intention to cause death, etc)
From the BNSS, 2023, First Schedule (machine-extracted; check the Schedule for anything consequential).
Verbatim · BNS105. 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 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.
Corresponds (indicatively) to IPC 304 of the repealed Indian Penal Code, 1860. IPC → BNS table
Cite as: Section 105, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023)