Attempt to commit culpable homicide: act with requisite intention or knowledge attracts criminal liability and increased penalty when hurt results. Attempt to commit culpable homicide is any act done with such intention or knowledge and under such circumstances that, had death resulted, the actor would have been guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder; the offence is punishable with imprisonment, fine, or both, and carries a higher maximum term where hurt is caused by the act.