304A. Whoever causes the death of any person by doing any rash or negligent act not amounting to culpable homicide shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.]
Indian Penal Code, 1860
Section 304A: Causing death by negligence
Repealed. Repealed from 1 July 2024. Use it for offences committed before repeal and other liabilities, investigations or proceedings preserved by BNS section 358; do not use it as the current general penal code.
Chapter XVI — Of Offences Affecting the Human Body
Now in the new law
BNS section 106 — Causing death by negligence.
BNS section 106 contains material changes and separate sub-provisions; section 106(2) was excluded from the original commencement notification.