Offences affecting the human body and punishment for the crime are defined under Section 302, 303, 304, 304A, 304B, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317 and 318 of Indian Penal Code 1860. Classification of offences relating to these sections are:
CHAPTER XVI - OFFENCES AFFECTING THE HUMAN BODY
Section |
Offence |
Punishment |
Cognizable or non-cognizable |
Bailable or non-bailable |
By what court triable |
302 IPC |
Murder |
Death, or imprisonment for life, and fine | Cognizable |
Non-bailable |
Court of Session |
303 IPC |
Murder by a person under sentence of imprisonment for life. | Death, or imprisonment for life, and fine | Cognizable |
Non-bailable |
Court of Session |
304 IPC |
Culpable homicide not amounting to murder, if act by which the death is caused is done with intention of causing death, etc. | Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years and fine. | Cognizable |
Non-bailable
|
Court of Session
|
If act is done with knowledge that it is likely to cause death, but without any intention to cause death, etc. |
Imprisonment for 10 years, or fine, or both. |
Cognizable |
Non-bailable |
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304A IPC |
Causing death by rash or negligence act. | Imprisonment for 2 years or fine, or both. | Cognizable |
Bailable |
Magistrate of the first class |
304B IPC |
Dowry death |
Imprisonment of not less than seven years but which may extend to imprisonment for life. | Cognizable |
Non-bailable |
Court of Session |
305 IPC |
Abetment of suicide committed by child, or insane or delirious person or an idiot, or a person intoxicated. | Death, or imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years and fine. | Cognizable |
Non-bailable |
Court of Session |
306 IPC |
Abetting the commission of suicide | Imprisonment for 10 years and fine | Cognizable |
Non-bailable |
Court of Session |
307 IPC |
Attempt to murder
|
Imprisonment for 10 years and fine
|
Cognizable
|
Non-bailable
|
Court of Session
|
If such act causes hurt to any person. |
Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years and fine. |
Cognizable |
Non-bailable |
Court of Session |
|
Attempt by life-convict to murder, if hurt is caused. |
Death or imprisonment for 10 years and fine. |
Cognizable |
Non-bailable |
Court of Session |
|
308 IPC |
Attempt to commit culpable homicide. | Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both. | Cognizable |
Non-bailable |
Court of Session |
If such act causes hurt to any person. |
Imprisonment for 7 years, or fine, or both. |
Cognizable |
Non-bailable |
Court of Session |
|
309 IPC |
Attempt to commit suicide | Simple imprisonment for 1 year, or fine, or both. | Cognizable |
Bailable |
Any Magistrate. |
Section | Offence | Punishment | Cognizable or non-cognizable | Bailable or non-bailable | By what court triable |
311 IPC |
Being a thug | Imprisonment for life and fine. | Cognizable |
Non-bailable |
Court of Session |
312 IPC |
Causing miscarriage | Imprisonment for 3 years, fine, or both. | Non-cognizable
|
Bailable |
Magistrate of the first class |
If the woman be quick with child |
Imprisonment for 7 years and fine. |
Non-cognizable |
Bailable |
Magistrate of the first class |
|
313 IPC |
Causing miscarriage without woman's consent. | Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years and fine. | Cognizable |
Non-bailable |
Court of Session. |
314 IPC |
Death caused by an act done with intent to cause miscarriage. | Imprisonment for 10 years and fine. | Cognizable |
Non-bailable |
Court of Session |
If act done without woman's consent. |
Imprisonment for life, or as above. |
Cognizable |
Non-bailable |
Court of Session |
|
315 IPC |
Act done with intent to prevent a child being born alive, or to cause it to die after its birth. | Imprisonment for 10 years or fine, or both. | Cognizable |
Non-bailable |
Court of Session |
316 IPC |
Causing death of a quick unborn child by an act amounting to culpable homicide. | Imprisonment for 10 years and fine. | Cognizable |
Non-bailable |
Court of Session |
317 IPC |
Exposure of a child under 12 years of age by parent or person having care of it with intention of wholly abandoning it. | Imprisonment for 7 years, or fine, or both. | Cognizable |
Bailable |
Magistrate of the first class |
318 IPC |
Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body. | Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both. | Cognizable |
Non-bailable |
Magistrate of the first class |
CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENCES UNDER INDIAN PENAL CODE 1860
Chapter V Abetment - Section 109, 110, 111, 113, 114, 115,116, 117, 118, 119, 120 of IPC
Chapter VA Criminal Conspiracy - Section 120B of IPC
Chapter IVA offences relating to elections - Sections 171E, 171F, 171G, 171H and 171I of IPC
Chapter XIII Offences relating to Weights and Measures - Section 264, 265, 266, 267 of IPC
Chapter XV Offences Relating to Religion - Section 295, 295A, 296, 297 and 298 of IPC
Chapter XIX Criminal Breach of Contract of Service - Section 491 of IPC
Chapter XX Offences relating to Marriage - Section 493, 494, 495, 496, 497, 498 of IPC
Chapter XX A cruelty by husband or relatives of husband - Section 498A of IPC
Chapter XXI Defamation - Section 500, 501, 502 of IPC
Chapter XIII Attempts to commit offences - Section 511 of IPC