{"id":124475,"date":"2024-08-02T19:40:09","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T14:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/?post_type=current-affairs&#038;p=124475"},"modified":"2024-08-05T13:02:14","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T07:32:14","slug":"culpable-homicide","status":"publish","type":"current-affairs","link":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/current-affairs\/culpable-homicide","title":{"rendered":"Culpable Homicide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, Following the death of <\/span><b>three UPSC aspirants<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at a coaching centre in Delhi , police <\/span><b>arrested seven people<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Charges<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Sections 105: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Booked under charges including <\/span><b>Sections 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>115 (2) (voluntarily causing hurt) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the<\/span><b> Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"vc_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pw.live\/batches\/upsc?utm_source=seo+upsc+batch&#038;utm_medium=seo+upsc&#038;utm_campaign=seo&#038;utm_id=upsc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enroll now for UPSC Online Course<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Murder vs Culpable Homicide<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>All &#8216;Murders&#8217; are &#8216;Culpable homicides&#8217; but all &#8216;Culpable homicides&#8217; are not Murders:<\/b><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 17.1687%; border-style: solid; border-color: #000000;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 36.8474%; text-align: center; border-style: solid; border-color: #000000;\"><b>Murder<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 46.8814%; text-align: center; border-style: solid; border-color: #000000;\"><b>Culpable Homicide<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 17.1687%; border-style: solid; border-color: #000000;\"><b>Definition<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 36.8474%; border-style: solid; border-color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Murder is a <\/span><b>subset of culpable homicide.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It involves causing death with one of <\/span><b>several specific intentions or knowledge<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, such as the intention to <\/span><b>cause death or cause such bodily injury<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that the perpetrator knows is li<\/span><b>kely to cause death.<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 46.8814%; border-style: solid; border-color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It refers to an act where a person <\/span><b>causes the death<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of another with the <\/span><b>intention of causing death <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or with the intention of<\/span><b> causing such bodily injury<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as is likely to cause death, or with the <\/span><b>knowledge that his act is likely to cause death, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">but <\/span><b>without the circumstances that qualify it as murder.<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 17.1687%; border-style: solid; border-color: #000000;\"><b>Knowledge<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 36.8474%; border-style: solid; border-color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The act is done with such knowledge and in such circumstances that the perpetrator must know it is so imminently dangerous that it must,<\/span><b> in all probability<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, cause death or such bodily injury that is likely to cause death.<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 46.8814%; border-style: solid; border-color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The perpetrator is aware that their actions are<\/span><b> likely to result <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in death, even if death was not the primary intent.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 17.1687%; border-style: solid; border-color: #000000;\"><b>Intent<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 36.8474%; border-style: solid; border-color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The act is committed with a<\/span><b> clear intention<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to cause death or cause bodily injury that the perpetrator knows is likely to cause death.<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 46.8814%; border-style: solid; border-color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The act is done with the <\/span><b>intention of causing death,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> causing such bodily injury that is likely to cause death, or with the knowledge that the act is likely to cause death.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 17.1687%; border-style: solid; border-color: #000000;\"><b>Circumstances and Exceptions<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 36.8474%; border-style: solid; border-color: #000000;\"><b>Aggravating Factors:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It includes situations where the act is <\/span><b>committed with premeditation, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with extreme recklessness, or with cruel intentions.<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 46.8814%; border-style: solid; border-color: #000000;\"><b>Mitigating Factors:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It includes situations where the act is committed <\/span><b>without premeditation <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or in the<\/span><b> heat of the moment,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> such as during sudden and grave provocation.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Exceptions:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Certain acts that result in death under specific circumstances <\/span><b>(e.g., self-defense, lack of intention) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">may be classified as culpable homicide not amounting to murder.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Negligence<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It refers to the failure to exercise the<\/span><b> standard of care that a reasonably prudent person would have exercise<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">d in a similar situation. It involves <\/span><b>careless or reckless behavior <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that results in<\/span><b> harm or injury.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Key Aspect:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Intent:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> There is<\/span><b> no intention to cause harm or death<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The focus is on the failure to exercise due care.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Knowledge: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The individual <\/span><b>may or may not be aware of the potential consequences<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of their actions, but they fail to take reasonable precautions to prevent harm.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Nature: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The act is usually an <\/span><b>omission or a failure to act with the required level of care<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. 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