Section 299 IPC defines 'culpable homicide' as:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C.
1. Section 299 IPC defines 'culpable homicide' as causing death by an act done: (a) with the intention of causing death; (b) with the intention of causing such bodily injury as is likely to cause death; or (c) with the knowledge that the act is likely to cause death.
2. Culpable homicide is the GENUS; murder is the SPECIES (Section 300).
3. Misadventure in a lawful act with proper precaution is excluded by Section 80 (accident); good-faith acts for benefit are dealt with in Sections 88-89.
4. Lack of mens rea altogether defeats culpable homicide.
5. Hence option D is the verbatim text of Section 299.
_Source: Indian Penal Code 1860 / Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 / Indian Evidence Act 1872 (Bare Acts, indiacode.nic.in) — IPC, Section 299_
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