Sangeeth Krishna G S, His Highness Maharajas Government Law College Ernakulam
Section 302, 304 and 304 A in The Indian Penal Code deals with Punishment for Murder, Culpable Homicide not amounting to murder and Causing death by negligence respectively.
Section 302 in The Indian Penal Code
Punishment for murder.—Whoever commits murder shall be punished with death, or imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine.
Section 304 in The Indian Penal Code
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 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, or with fine, or with both, 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.
