BNS110
BNS Section 110: Attempt to commit culpable homicide
Ch VI · Of Offences Affecting the Human Body
Gazette p.48
Punishment punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both; punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, or with fine, or with both
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Arrest, bail & court
- Cognizable · Non-bailable · Court of Session (Attempt to commit culpable homicide)
- Cognizable · Non-bailable · Court of Session (If such act causes hurt to any person)
From the BNSS, 2023, First Schedule (machine-extracted; check the Schedule for anything consequential).
Verbatim · BNS110. Attempt to commit culpable homicide.— Whoever does any act with such intention or knowledge and under such circumstances that, if he by that act caused death, he would be guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both; and, if hurt is caused to any person by such act, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, or with fine, or with both. Illustration A, on grave and sudden provocation, fires a pistol at Z, under such circumstances that if he thereby caused death, he would be guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder. A has committed the offence defined in this section.
Corresponds (indicatively) to IPC 308 of the repealed Indian Penal Code, 1860. IPC → BNS table
Cite as: Section 110, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023)