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Culpable homicide means causing death with ____________.

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intention of causing death

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intension of causing such bodily injury as is likely to cause death

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knowledge that by such act death is likely to be caused

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all the above

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Solution

The correct option is A all the above
All of the above.
Section 299 of IPC tells about the culpable homicide. Culpable homicide in easy words means with an intention of causing harm or injury which sometimes amounts to death. It's little different from murder . Chances of death in culpable homicide are less than that of murder.

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