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Difference b/w Culpable Homicide & Murder for CLAT - Practice Questions & MCQ
Edited By admin | Updated on Oct 03, 2023 03:26 PM | #CLAT
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EASYA and B were walking on a street, and a group of beggars came to them for food. Both of them asked to go. On the next day, 3 beggars from the group died. Decide
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Difference b/w Culpable Homicide & Murder
| S.No | Culpable Homicide | Murder | |
| 1 | Intent | Culpable Homicide refers to the act of causing someone's death, but without a specific intention to take their life. The accused may not have set out to kill the person, but their actions resulted in the individual's demise. | Murder involves the deliberate and conscious act of causing someone's death with a clear intent to end their life. The accused's actions are directed towards achieving the victim's death. |
| 2 | Intent Level | In cases of culpable homicide, the accused might have intended to cause harm or injury to the victim. The intention to harm is present, but the intent to cause death is absent. | In cases of murder, the accused's intent is solely focused on ending the victim's life. The intention to kill is the central aspect that distinguishes murder from other offenses. |
| 3 | Penalty | Culpable homicide carries a comparatively lesser penalty than murder. This acknowledges the difference in culpability due to the absence of a clear intention to kill. | Murder is a more serious offense than culpable homicide and carries a graver penalty due to the deliberate and malicious nature of the act. |
| 4 | Example | Consider a scenario where during a heated argument, Person A shoves Person B, who then falls and hits their head, leading to an unintended and fatal injury. This situation exemplifies culpable homicide, as Person A's intention was to harm, not to cause death. | Imagine an individual, Person X, who meticulously plans and administers poison to Person Y with the specific intention of causing Y's death. This deliberate act of intentionally causing death qualifies as murder. |
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