Chapter XVI · Of Offences Affecting the Human Body

Qatl-i-amd not liable to qisas

Section 306 · Pakistan Penal Code

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Qatl-i-amd shall not be liable to qisas in the following cases, namely:

(a)

when an offender is a minor or insane:

Provided that, where a person liable to qisas associates himself in the commission of the offence with a person not liable to qisas with the intention of saving himself from qisas, he shall not be exempted from qisas;

(b)

when an offender causes death of his child or grandchild, how low-so­ever; and

(c)

when any wali of the victim is a direct descendant, how low-so-ever, of the offender.