Multiple choice

Raju is cutting wood with an axe at a place where children are playing. The axe flies off and kills a nearby child. Raju is liable for:

  1. Murder

  2. Culpable Homicide

  3. Death by negligence

  4. No offence

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Raju committed death by negligence under Section 304A of the IPC. Using an axe near children creates a foreseeable risk of harm. The axe flying off and killing a child shows rash/negligent act, not intention to kill (not murder) nor knowledge that death would likely occur (not culpable homicide). Death by negligence applies when death results from a negligent act without criminal intent.