What is meant by Homicide?
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Homicide means the killing of a human being by another human being. It can be lawful (judicial execution, self-defence) or unlawful (murder, culpable homicide). The IPC classifies unlawful homicide into murder (S.300) and culpable homicide not amounting to murder (S.299).