IPC Section 304 - Punishment for culpable homi cide not amounting to murder

304. Punishment for culpable homi cide not amounting to murder. Whoever commits culpable

homicide not amounting to murder, shall be punished with 1[imprisonment for life], or imprisonment of

either description for a term 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 inju ry as

is likely to cause death;

or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, or with fine, or

with both, 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.