Homicide: This article has been authored by

This article has been authored by Bhavika Mittal, who is pursuing BA LLB at Shri Navalmal Firodia Law College, Pune, affiliated with Savitribai Phule Pune University. The article attempts to give an insight into one of the most confusing concepts of the Indian Penal Code of 1860. That is the difference between homicide and murder. […] Culpable Homicide (Clauses 100, 105) Introduction: - Homicide is killing of a human being by a human being. It may be either lawful or unlawful. Death means the death of human being. It is not necessary that the person whose death has been caused must be the very person whom the accused intended to kill. The offence of culpable homicide is complete as soon as any person is killed by the accused whose mental state is of the kind where the accused causes death by doing an act either with the ... Homicide and culpable homicide are key concepts in criminal law which enable differentiation in the character and severity of an act. This paper is made to understand the finer differences in t... What is homicide ? Read this article to learn more about homicide , murder and manslaughter and how these terms and their criminal charges differ from each other.