299. Culpable homicide
Whoever causes death by doing an
act with the intention of causing death,
or with the intention of causing such bodily injury as is likely to
cause death, or with the knowledge that he is likely by
such act to cause death, commits the offence of culpable
homicide.
From the above, the taxi driver seems to have all the ingredient
to culpable homicide. He causes death, with intention, by driving
his car, knowingly tat can kill the person and he has commit
culpable homicide. 4 ingredients r present as written in bold
Looking at rash act
Whoever causes the death of any person by doing any rash or
negligent act not amounting to culpable homicide,
shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to
2 years, or with fine, or with both[/b]
The important words are in bold. Tat means the person had
committed death but not sufficient to be considered as culpable
homicide. If u look at the 4 ingredients,
intention is the one tat is considered the most
important point.
So if the taxi driver has intention to kill the person, then it is
culpable homicide. If he has no intentions, it is rash act.
Rash act is doing something silly, like having a flower pot
dropping and kill someone or u play with someone in the pool and u
drown the person unintentionally.
