Section 103 Punishment for murder – Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (New Law Replacing IPC)
(1) Whoever commits murder shall be punished with death or imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine.
(2) When a group of five or more persons acting in concert commits murder on the ground of race, caste or community, sex, place of birth, language, personal belief or any other similar ground each member of such group shall be punished with death or with
imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine
Section 104 Punishment for murder by life convict – Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (New Law Replacing IPC)
Whoever, being under sentence of imprisonment for life, commits murder, shall be punished with death or with imprisonment for life, which shall mean the remainder of that person’s natural life.
Section 105 Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder – Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (New Law Replacing IPC)
Whoever commits culpable homicide not amounting to murder, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than five years but 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 either description for a term which may extend to ten years and with fine, if the act is done with the knowledge that it is likely to cause death, but without any intention to cause death, or to cause such bodily injury as is likely to cause death.
Section 106 Causing death by negligence – Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (New Law Replacing IPC)
(1) Whoever causes 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 five years, and shall also be liable to fine; and if such act is done by a registered medical practitioner while performing medical procedure, he shall be
punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, and shall also be liable to fine.
New law replacing IPC section on Punishment for murder is defined by Section 103, 104, 105, 106 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS PDF Download):
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.
Explanation.— For the purposes of this sub-section, “registered medical practitioner” means a medical practitioner who possesses any medical qualification recognised under the
National Medical Commission Act, 2019 and whose name has been entered in the National Medical Register or a State Medical Register under that Act.
(2) Whoever causes death of any person by rash and negligent driving of vehicle not amounting to culpable homicide, and escapes without reporting it to a police officer or a
Magistrate soon after the incident, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description of a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
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