Shooting Another Person Believing Him To Be Wild Animal is Negligence, not Murder: Himachal Pradesh High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that shooting a person under the impression that it is a wild animal amounts to death by negligence and not murder.

The Court was dealing with the bail application of a man who accidentally shot another man under the mistaken belief that he was hunting a bird in the forest.

The Court noted that the accused did not possess the required intention to commit an offence under section 103 of BNS but was only negligent in his actions, attracting liability under section 106 instead.

[Bhutto Ram v State of H.P.]