Homicide: This article has been authored by Bhavika

This article has been authored by Bhavika Mittal, who is pursuing BA LLB at Shri Navalmal Firodia Law College, Pune, affiliated with Savitribai Phule Pune University. The article attempts to give an insight into one of the most confusing concepts of the Indian Penal Code of 1860. That is the difference between homicide and murder. […] Homicide is an act in which a person causes the death of another person. A homicide requires only a volitional act, or an omission, that causes the death of another, and thus a homicide may result from accidental, reckless, or negligent acts even if there is no intent to cause harm. [1] Homicides can be divided into many overlapping legal categories, such as murder, manslaughter, justifiable homicide , assassination, killing in war (either following the laws of war or as a war crime ... Homicide and culpable homicide are key concepts in criminal law which enable differentiation in the character and severity of an act. This paper is made to understand the finer differences in t...