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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, X quarrels verbally with his wife Y and delivers an unusually…

Knowledge that the act was likely to cause death satisfies the knowledge limb of section 100 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 299 IPC). The facts…

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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, X quarrels verbally with his wife Y and delivers an unusually forceful abdominal blow. Y has a normal spleen and dies two hours later from its rupture. It is proved that X knew the blow was likely to cause death, but intended neither death nor the fatal bodily injury; the circumstances do not satisfy any clause of Section 101. What is the most specific classification of the offence among these alternatives?

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Knowledge that the act was likely to cause death satisfies the knowledge limb of section 100 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 299 IPC). The facts expressly exclude every section 101 murder clause. The most specific classification is therefore culpable homicide not amounting to murder, rather than the broader term homicide or an injury-only offence.

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