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Q1 · easy · BNS S.100
Under Section 100 BNS, culpable homicide is committed when a person causes death by doing an act with—
- A.The intention of causing death, or the intention of causing such bodily injury as is likely to cause death, or the knowledge that the act is likely to cause death✓ correct
- B.Negligence alone
- C.Only a premeditated design to kill
- D.Any unlawful intention whatsoever
Why: Section 100 defines culpable homicide as causing death by an act done with the intention of causing death, or with the intention of causing such bodily injury as is likely to cause death, or with the knowledge that the act is likely to cause death. Mere negligence or any unlawful intention generally is not sufficient.
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Which section of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita defines the offence of culpable homicide?
- A.Section 99
- B.Section 101
- C.Section 100✓ correct
- D.Section 103
Why: Section 100 BNS defines culpable homicide. Section 101 then states when culpable homicide amounts to murder.
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A shoots at a fowl intending to kill and steal it, and the shot kills B, who was hidden behind a bush and whose presence A did not know of. According to the illustrations to Section 100 BNS, A—
- A.Is guilty of culpable homicide because he was doing an unlawful act
- B.Is not guilty of culpable homicide, as he neither intended to kill B nor knew his act was likely to cause death✓ correct
- C.Is guilty of murder
- D.Is guilty of culpable homicide because death in fact resulted
Why: Illustration (c) to Section 100 states that although A was doing an unlawful act, he was not guilty of culpable homicide, since he did not intend to kill B or to cause death by an act he knew was likely to cause death. The illustration shows that the unlawfulness of the act alone does not supply the required mens rea.
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A inflicts a bodily injury on Z, who is already suffering from a disease, and the injury accelerates Z's death. Under Explanation 1 to Section 100 BNS, A—
- A.Cannot be said to have caused Z's death because the disease contributed to it
- B.Is liable only if the injury alone would have killed a healthy person
- C.Is liable only under civil law
- D.Shall be deemed to have caused Z's death✓ correct
Why: Explanation 1 to Section 100 provides that a person who causes bodily injury to another labouring under a disorder, disease or bodily infirmity, and thereby accelerates that person's death, shall be deemed to have caused his death. The pre-existing condition of the victim is therefore no defence.
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Under Explanation 3 to Section 100 BNS, which statement about the death of a child is correct?
- A.Causing the death of a child in the mother's womb is not homicide, but causing the death of a living child may amount to culpable homicide if any part of the child has been brought forth, even though the child has not breathed or been completely born✓ correct
- B.Causing the death of a child in the womb is always culpable homicide
- C.Causing the death of a partly born child is culpable homicide only if the child has breathed
- D.The death of a child can amount to culpable homicide only after complete birth
Why: Explanation 3 to Section 100 declares that causing the death of a child in the mother's womb is not homicide. However, it may amount to culpable homicide to cause the death of a living child if any part of the child has been brought forth, even though the child may not have breathed or been completely born.
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