Culpable homicide

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....r with the knowledge that he is likely by such act to cause death, commits the offence of culpable homicide. Illustrations. (a) A lays sticks and turf over a pit, with the intention of thereby causing death, or with the knowledge that death is likely to be thereby caused. Z, believing the ground to be firm, treads on it, falls in and is killed. A has committed the offence of culpable homicid....