Qatl-e-Amd is murder by Intention. Its definition is mentioned in section 300 of Pakistan Penal Code in the below. Actusrea and Menrea both are necessary ingredients of Qatl-e-Amd. In practice there are two kinds of punishments in Qatl-e-Amd. One punishment is death and the other is life imprisonment. It is on the discretion of judge to award any of these punishments according to the circumstances of case.
300. | Qatl-e-Amd: Whoever, with the intention of causing death or with the intention of causing bodily injury to a person, by doing an act which in the ordinary course of nature is likely to cause death, or with-the knowledge that his act is so imminently dangerous that it must in all probability cause death, causes the death of such person, is said to commit qatl-e-amd. | ||||||
301. | Causing death of person other than the person whose death was intended: Where a person, by doing anything which he intends or knows to be likely to cause death, causes death of any person whose death he neither intends nor knows himself to be likely to cause, such an act committed by the offender shall be liable for qatl-i-amd. |
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302. | Punishment of qatl-i-amd: Whoever commits qatl-e-amd shall, subject to the provisions of this Chapter be:
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