Chapter XVI · Of Offences Affecting the Human Body

Qatl-bis-sabab

Section 321 · Pakistan Penal Code

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Whoever, without any intention to cause death of, or cause harm to, any person, does any unlawful act which becomes a cause for the death of another person, is said to commit qatl-bis-sabab.

Illustration A unlawfully digs a pit in the thoroughfare, but without any intention to cause the death of, or harm to, any person. B while passing from there falls in it and is killed. A has committed qatl-bis-sabab.