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Manslaughter
Manslaughter, the unlawful killing of another without malice express or implied. It is either--(a) Voluntary, upon a sudden heat; or,(b) Involuntary, upon the commission of some other unlawful act, or by culpable negligence.Both are felony, and punished, at the discretion of the Court, by penal servitude for life, or not less than three yeas, or by a fine.--(English) Offences against the Person Act, 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 100), s. 5.On the principle that any greater felony includes a less felony, a person indicted for murder may be convicted of manslaughter. See Steph. Dig., art. 272. See MURDER.A high degree of negligence is required before a charge of manslaughter can be established--the breach of a statutory duty causing death is not necessarily manslaughter, Andrews v. Director of Public Prosecutions, 1937 AC 576. See CHANCE...
Negligent
Apt to neglect customarily neglectful characterized by negligence careless heedless culpably careless showing lack of attention as disposed in negligent order...
Criminal negligence
Criminal negligence, is the gross and culpable neglect or failure to exercise that reasonable and proper care and precaution to guard against injury either to the public generally or to an individual in particular, which having regard to all the circumstances out of which the charge has arisen, it was the imperative date of the accused person to have adopted, Jacob Mathew v. State of Punjab, (2005) 6 SCC 1....
Rashness and criminal negligence
Rashness and criminal negligence, criminal negli-gence is the gross and culpable neglect or failure to exercise that reasonable and proper care and precaution to guard against injury either to the public generally or to an individual in particular, which, having regard to all the circumstances out of which the charge has arisen, it was the imperative duty of the accused person to have adopted, S.N. Hussain v. State of Andhra Pradesh, AIR 1972 SC 685: (1972) 3 SCC 18...
Rashness
Rashness, Rashness consists in hazarding a dangerous or wanton act with the knowledge that it is so, and that it may cause injury. The criminality lies in such a case in running the risk of doing such an act with recklessness or indifference as to the consequences. Criminal negligence on the other hand, is the gross and culpable neglect or failure of exercise that reasonable and proper care and precaution to guard against injury either to the public generally or to an individual in particular, which, having regard to all the circumstances out of which the charge has arisen, it was the impera-tive duty of the accused person to have adopted, S.N. Hussain v. State of Andhra Pradesh, AIR 1972 SC 685 (687): 1972 3 SCC 18. (Indian Penal Code, s. 304A)...
Rash act
Rash act, a rash act is primarily an over hasty act. It is opposed to a deliberate act. Still a rash act can be a deliberate act in the sense that it was done without due care and caution. Culpable rashness lies in running the risk of doing an act with recklessness and with indifference as to the consequences. Criminal negligence is the failure to exercise duty with reasonable and proper care and precaution guarding against injury to the public generally or to any individual in particular. It is the imperative duty of the driver of a vehicle to adopt such reasonable and proper care and precaution, Mohd. Aynuddin v. State of Andhra Pradesh, AIR 2000 SC 2511 (2512): (2000) 7 SCC 72. (Indian Penal Code, s. 304A)...
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