culpable homicide

British

noun

Scots law manslaughter

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A 15-year-old boy, who could not be named for legal reasons, admitted culpable homicide in 2024.

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Since then, police have arrested Abhay Kumar, one of the owners of the construction site, for alleged culpable homicide due to negligence under India's criminal code.

From BBC

Masondo added that a case of culpable homicide would be opened.

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They set up a charity to help other families bereaved by murder, culpable homicide and suicide.

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Police had filed a case against the actor, his security team and the theatre's management staff on the charges of culpable homicide.

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