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Home Bare Acts Phrase: culpabilityIndian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 299
Title: Culpable Homicide
State: Central
Year: 1860
.....but A has committed the offence of culpable homicide. (c) A, by shooting at a fowl with intent to kill and steal it, kills B who is behind a bush; A not knowing that he was there. Here, although A was doing an unlawful act, he was not guilty of culpable homicide, as he did not intend to kill B, or to cause death by doing an act that he knew was likely to cause death. Explanation I.--A person who causes bodily injury to another who is labouring under a disorder, disease or bodily infirmity, and thereby accelerates the death of that other, shall be deemed to have caused his death. Explanation 2.--Where death is caused by bodily injury, the person who causes such bodily injury shall be deemed to have caused the death, although by resorting to proper remedies and skilful treatment the death might have been prevented. Explanation 3.--The causing of the death of child in the mother's womb is not homicide. But it may amount to culpable homicide to cause the death of a living child, if any part of that child has been brought form, though the child may not have breathed or been completely born.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionWealth-tax Act, 1957 Section 35O
Title: Presumption as to Culpable Mental State
State: Central
Year: 1957
1[35O. Presumption as to culpable mental state (1) In any prosecution for any offence under this Act which requires a culpable menial state on the part of the accused, the court shall presume the existence of such mental state but it shall be a defence for the accused, to prove the fact that he had no such mental state with respect to the act charged as an offence in that prosecution. Explanation. -In this sub-section, "culpable mental state" includes intention, motive or knowledge of a fact, or belief in, or reason to believe, a fact. (2) For the purposes of this section, a fact is said to be proved only when the court believes it to exist beyond reasonable doubt and not merely when its existence is established by a preponderance of probability.] ________________________ 1. Inserted by Act 46 of 1986, section 39 w.e.f. 10-9-1986.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionGift-tax Act, 1958 [Cease to Have Effect on or After the 01.10.1998] Section 35D
Title: Presumption as to Culpable Mental State
State: Central
Year: 1958
1[35D. Presumption as to culpable mental state (1) In any prosecution for any offence under this Act which requires a culpable mental state on the part of the accused, the court shall presume the existence of such mental state but it shall be a defence for the accused to prove the fact that he had no such mental state with respect to the act charged as an offence in that prosecution. Explanation.-In this sub-section, "culpable mental state" includes intention, motive or knowledge of a fact, or belief in, or reason to believe, a fact. (2) For the purposes of this section, a fact is said to be proved only when the court believes it to exist beyond reasonable doubt and not merely when its existence is established by a preponderance of probability.] _________________________ 1. Inserted by Act 46 of 1986, section 41 w.e.f. 10-9-1986.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionEssential Commodities Act, 1955 Section 10C
Title: Presumption of Culpable Mental State
State: Central
Year: 1955
1[10C. Presumption of culpable mental state (1) In any prosecution for any offence under this Act which requires a culpable mental state on the part of the accused, the court shall presume the existence of such mental state but it shall be a defence for the accused to prove the fact that he had no such mental state with respect to the act charged as an offence in that prosecution. Explanation.--In this section, "culpable mental state" includes intention, motive, knowledge of a fact and the belief in, or reason to believe, a fact. (2) For the purposes of this section, a fact is said to be proved only when the court believes it to exist beyond reasonable doubt and not merely when its existence is established by a preponderance of probability.] ____________________________ 1. Inserted by Act 30 of 1974, section 8 (w.r.e.f. 22-6-1974).
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionCustoms Act, 1962 Section 138A
Title: Presumption of Culpable Mental State
State: Central
Year: 1962
1[138A. Presumption of culpable mental state (1) In any prosecution for an offence under this Act which requires a culpable mental state on the part of the accused, the court shall presume the existence of such mental state but it shall be a defence for the accused to prove the fact that he had no such mental state with respect to the act charged as an offence in that prosecution. Explanation:-- In this section "culpable mental state" includes intention, motive, knowledge of a fact and believe in, or reason to believe, a fact. (2) For the purposes of this section, a fact is said to be proved only when the court believes it to exist beyond reasonable doubt and not merely when its existence is established by a preponderance of probability.] ________________________ 1. Inserted by Act 36 of 1973, section 9 (w.e.f. 1-9-1973).
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionNarcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 Section 35
Title: Presumption of Culpable Mental State
State: Central
Year: 1985
(1) In any prosecution for an offence under this Act which requires a culpable mental state of the accused, the Court shall presume the existence of such mental state but it shall be a defence for the accused to prove the fact that he had no such mental state with respect to the act charged as an offence in that prosecution. Explanation.--In this section "culpable mental state" includes intention, motive knowledge of a fact and belief in, or reason to believe, a fact. (2) For the purpose of this section, a fact is said to be proved only when the court believes it to exist beyond a reasonable doubt and not merely when its existence is established by a preponderance of probability.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionForeign Exchange Regulation Act, 1973 Section 59
Title: Presumption of Culpable Mental State
State: Central
Year: 1973
(1) In any prosecution for any offence under this Act which requires a culpable mental state on the part of the accused, the court shall presume the existence of such mental state but it shall be a defence for the accused to prove the fact that he had no such mental state with respect to the act charged as an offence in that prosecution. Explanation. In this section, "culpable mental state" includes intention, motive, knowledge of a fact and belief in, or reason to believe, a fact. (2) For the purposes of this section, a fact is said to be proved only when the court believes it to exist beyond reasonable doubt and not merely when its existence is established by a preponderance of probability. (3) The provisions of this section shall, so far as may be, apply in relation to any proceeding before an adjudicating officer as they apply in relation to any prosecution for an offence under this Act.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionForeign Exchange Regulation Act, 1973 [Repealed] Section 59
Title: Presumption of Culpable Mental State
State: Central
Year: 1973
(1) In any prosecution for any offence under this Act which requires a culpable mental state on the part of the accused, the court shall presume the existence of such mental state but it shall be a defence for the accused to prove the fact that he had no such mental state with respect to the act charged as an offence in that prosecution. Explanation. In this section, "culpable mental state" includes intention, motive, knowledge of a fact and belief in, or reason to believe, a fact. (2) For the purposes of this section, a fact is said to be proved only when the court believes it to exist beyond reasonable doubt and not merely when its existence is established by a preponderance of probability. (3) The provisions of this section shall, so far as may be, apply in relation to any proceeding before an adjudicating officer as they apply in relation to any prosecution for an offence under this Act.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionIncome Tax Act, 1961 Section 278E
Title: Presumption as to Culpable Mental State
State: Central
Year: 1961
(1) In any prosecution for any offence under this Act which requires a culpable mental state on the part of the accused, the court shall presume the existence of such mental state but it shall be a defence for the accused to prove the fact that he had no such mental state with respect to the act charged as an offence in that prosecution. Explanation : In this sub-section, "culpable mental state" includes intention, motive or knowledge of a fact or belief in, or reason to believe, a fact. (2) For the purposes of this section, a fact is said to be proved only when the court believes it to exist beyond reasonable doubt and not merely when its existence is established by a preponderance of probability.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionIndian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 301
Title: Culpable Homicide by Causing Death of Person Other Than Person Whose Death Was Intended
State: Central
Year: 1860
If a person, by doing anything which he intends or knows to be likely to cause death, commits culpable homicide by causing the death of any person, whose death he neither intends nor knows himself to be likely to cause, the culpable homicide committed by the offender is of the description of which it would have been if he had caused the death of the person whose death he intended or knew himself to be likely to cause.
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