Case Law Analysis
|Punjab and Haryana High Court
Mere Intoxication Insufficient for Section 105 BNS; Knowledge Must Be Proved from Factual Matrix | Drunken Driving Triple Fatality Bail : Punjab & Haryana HC
The court granted bail to the accused in a triple-fatality drunken driving case, ruling that Section 105 BNS (culpable homicide) requires proof of knowledge of likely death from the factual matrix, not merely the fact of intoxication. The distinction between culpable homicide under Section 105 and rash or negligent act under Section 106 BNS is a question for trial, not the bail stage.