Section 304 A Of Ipc

Legal provisions of section 304 of indian penal code 1860.

Section 304 a of ipc. Whoever causes the death of any person by doing any rash or negligent act not amounting to culpable homicide shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years or with fine or both any act under section 304 a is a bailable offence under the ipc. This section prescribes punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder. It should be made either non bailable or to pay compensation to the victim soon accident is an unforeseen incident.

It makes a distinction between cases of culpable homicide punishable on the basis of intention and those on the basis of knowledge. Section 304 a was added to the ipc by the amendment act of 1870. In applying section 318 a relating to constructive ownership of stock with.

This supplies an omission providing for the offence of manslaughter by negligence which was originally included in draft code but omitted from the code when it was finally enacted in 1860. Causing death by negligence whoever causes the death of any person by doing any rash or negligent act not amounting to culpable homicide shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years or with fine or with both. Yet it must not be a ground to let off the offender.

Section 304 of the indian penal code states that 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. All these sections cover the possibility or likelihood of injury as a result of the accused s conduct. Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

Section 304 a states as follows. Section 304a in the indian penal code 279 304a. Section 304 in the indian penal code.

Whoever causes the death of any person by doing any rash or negligent act not amounting to culpable homicide shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years or with fine or with both. Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder whoever commits culpable homicide not amounting to murder shall be punished with 1 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. In the case of any acquisition of stock to which subsection a of this section applies determinations as to whether the acquisition is by reason of section 302 b to be treated as a distribution in part or full payment in exchange for the stock shall be made by reference to the stock of the issuing corporation.