Likely, means no more than 'may well', Dunning v. United Liverpool Hospital' Board of Governors, (1973) 1 WLR 586.
Means 'a real prospect of success, Bonnard v. Perryman, (1891) 2 Ch 269.
Likely, the world 'likely' in clause (b) of s. 299 conveys the sense of probable as distinguished from a mere possibility. The word 'bodily injury ........................ sufficient in the ordinary course of nature to cause death' mean that death will be the 'most probable' result of the injury, having regard to the ordinary course of nature, Ruli Ram v. State of Haryana, AIR 2002 SC 3360 (3364): (2002) 7 SCC 691. See also Abdul Waheed Khan v. State of Andhra Pradesh, (2002) 7 SCC 175: AIR 2002 SC 2961. (Penal Code, 1860, s. 300 thirdly and 299)
See also Chako v. State of Kerala, AIR 2004 SC 2688: (2004) 12 SCC 269; State of Uttar Pradesh v. Virendra Prasad, (2004) 9 SCC 37.