Section 105 in THE BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023 – BNS

Punishment
for culpable
homicide not
amounting to
murder

  1. 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.