Chapter XVI · Of Offences Affecting the Human Body

Causing death of person other than the person whose death was intended

Section 301 · Pakistan Penal Code

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Where a person, by doing anything which he intends or knows to be likely to cause death, causes death of any person whose death he neither intends nor knows himself to be likely to cause such an act committed by the offender shall be liable for qatl-e-amd.

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Section 301, PPC
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Section 301 PPC (Causing death of person other than the person whose death was intended)
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Section 301, Pakistan Penal Code (Act XLV of 1860)

Text as amended up to 30-11-2025, from the Pakistan Code, Ministry of Law and Justice. Check the official text before filing. Official PDF, page 106