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 he likely to cause.
Section 301: Culpable homicide by causing death of person other than person whose death was intended
The Indian Penal Code, 1860Central Act · Act 45 of 1860
Repealed. This text is published for reference. It is not in force, and it should not be relied on as current law without checking what replaced it. Repealed by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, with effect from 1 July 2024
Where this provision sits
| Act | The Indian Penal Code, 1860 |
|---|---|
| Section | 301 |
| Marginal note | Culpable homicide by causing death of person other than person whose death was intended |
| Jurisdiction | Central |
| Status | Repealed |
| Judgments citing it | 8 |
Judgments that turned on this provision
- CRA/568/2017 of BISWAJIT GHOSH & ANR. Vs STATE OF WEST BENGALCalcutta High Court · 2025-11-04
- ASHOK SAXENA vs THE STATE OF UTTARAKHANDSupreme Court of India · 2025-01-30
- NANHE vs THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESHSupreme Court of India · 2023-11-21
- APPLN/3673/2016 of GULABSING SURESHSING SISODIYA Vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRABombay High Court · 2016-09-30
- STATE OF RAJASTHAN vs RAM KAILASH @ RAM VILASSupreme Court of India · 2016-01-28
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