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
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA) applicaple on cases on or after 1st July 2024, while the cases registered before 1st July 2024 will be decided and judged on the basis of Indian Penal Code (IPC), Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) and Indian Evidence Act (IEA). Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita an Act to consolidate and amend the provisions relating to offences and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto, Full Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (New Law Replacing IPC) PDF Download.
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