BNS Section 102 – Culpable homicide by causing death of person other than person whose death was intended | Lexolive

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Act No. 45 of 2023 · Replaces IPC 1860 · In force: 1 July 2024

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BNS Section 102 – Culpable homicide by causing death of person other than person whose death was intended

Chapter 6: Offences Affecting the Human Body · BNS

BNS Section 102 IPC S.301

IPC Reference IPC S.301

If a person, by doing anything which he intends or knows to be likely to cause death, commits culpable homicide by causing the death of any person, whose death he neither intends nor knows himself to be likely to cause, the culpable homicide committed by the offender is of the description of which it would have been if he had caused the death of the person whose death he intended or knew himself to be likely to cause.

📋 Explanation / Illustration

Illustration (a): A shoots Z with the intention of killing him. Z dies in consequence. A is guilty of murder. Illustration (c): A intentionally gives Z a sword cut sufficient to cause death in the ordinary course of nature. Z dies. A is guilty of murder although he may not have intended to cause Z's death.

ℹ️ Classification & Key Notes

Doctrine of Transfer of Malice — intent transfers to the actual victim even if unintended. Leading case: Emperor v. Mushnooru Suryanarayana Murthy (1912) 22 MLJ 333.

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