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Home › Bare Acts › Indian Penal Code, 1860 › Section 302

Chapter XVI — Of Offences Affecting The Human Body

Section 302 — Punishment for murder

Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Free to read

Now: BNS Section 103 – Punishment for murder · IPC → BNS table

Whoever commits murder shall be punished with death, or [imprisonment for life], and shall also be liable to fine.

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