Whoever commits murder shall be punished with death.
Section history
Section 302 — Punishment for murder
Consolidated view is experimental and may be broken for certain provisions.
Amendments
Section 302 — Original text to 1 January 2013superseded
[Indian PC 1860, s. 302]
Section 302 — From 1 January 2013 (current)restructured by Penal Code (Amendment) Act 2012
(1)Whoever commits murder within the meaning of section 300(a) shall be punished with death.
(2)Whoever commits murder within the meaning of section 300(b), (c) or (d) shall be punished with death or imprisonment for life and shall, if he is not punished with death, also be liable to caning.