the punishment on conviction shall be imprisonment for a term not
exceeding seven years or fine or both.
Section 254 - “Death Caused When Intention is to Cause Hurt or Grievous Hurt
Only”:
Whoever causes the death of any person by doing any act not amounting
to culpable homicide but done with the intention of causing hurt or
grievous hurt, commits an offence and shall on conviction, be punished
with imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years or with fine or
with both.
Section 255 - “Death Caused Unintentionally in Act of Committing Offence”:
Whoever causes the death of any person by doing any act not amounting
to culpable homicide which constitutes an offence punishable with
imprisonment for one year or with any greater punishment or by any act
done in committing such an offence shall on conviction, be punished with
imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years or with fine or with both.
Section 256 - “Causing Death by Negligence”: Whoever causes the death of any
person by doing any rash or negligent act not amounting to culpable
homicide shall on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term
not exceeding three years or with fine or with both.
Section 257 - “Abetment of Suicide of Child or Insane Person”: If any person under
eighteen years of age, any insane person, any delirious person, any idiot or
any person in a state of intoxication commits suicide, whoever abets the
commission of such suicide commits an offence and shall on conviction,
be punished with death or imprisonment for life or for any less term and
may also be liable to fine.
Section 258 - “Abetment of Suicide”: Subject to the provisions of section 257,
whoever abets any person who commits suicide commits an offence and
shall on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term not
exceeding ten years and may also be liable to fine.
Section 259 - “Attempt to Murder “: (1) Whoever does any act with such intention or
knowledge and in such circumstances that, if he by that act caused death,
he would be guilty of murder, shall be punished with imprisonment for a
term not exceeding ten years and may also be liable to fine.
(2)
If hurt is caused to any person by such act, the imprisonment may
extend to fourteen years and or fine.
(3)
When any person offending under this section is under sentence of
imprisonment for life in connection with a previous murder, may, if hurt is
caused, be punished with death.
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