To punish a person for the offence of 'murder', the prosecution must establish that
A conviction for murder under Section 101 BNS (formerly section 300 IPC) requires that the "Act of the accused which became the causal factor of death was accompanied with a…
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To punish a person for the offence of 'murder', the prosecution must establish that
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A conviction for murder under Section 101 BNS (formerly section 300 IPC) requires that the "Act of the accused which became the causal factor of death was accompanied with a guilty mind to kill"; it is not enough that the act merely caused death factually.
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