Legal Question in Disability Law in Pakistan

300. Qatl-e-Amd : Whoever, with the intention of causing death or with the intention of

causing bodily injury to a person, by doing an act which in the ordinary course of nature is

likely to cause death, or with-the knowledge that his act is so imminently dangerous that it

must in all probability cause death, causes the death of such person, is said to commit

qatl-e-amd.

Qatl shibh-i-amd: Whoever, with intent to cause harm to the body or mind of any

person, causes the death of that or of any other person by means of a weapon or an act

which in the ordinary course of nature is not likely to cause death is said to commit qatlshibh-

i-amd.

Illustration

A in order to cause hurt strikes Z with a stick or stone which in the ordinary course of

nature is not likely to cause death. Z dies as a result of such hurt. A shall be guilty of Qatl

shibh-i-amd.

318. Qatl-i-khata: Whoever, without any intention to cause death of, or cause harm to, a

person causes death of such person, either by mistake of act or by mistake of fact, is said

to commit qatl-i-khata.

Illustrations

(a) A aims at a deer but misses the target and kills Z who is standing by, A is guilty of

qatl-i-khata.

(b) A shoots at an object to be a boar but it turns out to be a human being. A is guilty of

qatl-i-khata.

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