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. 302. Punishment of qatl-i-amd : Whoever commits qatl-e-amd shall, subject to the provisions of this Chapter be: (a) punished with death as qisas; (b) punished with death for imprisonment for life as ta'zir having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, if the proof in either of the forms specified in Section 304 is not available; or (c) punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to twenty-five years, where according to the Injunctions of Islam the punishment of qisas is tot applicable. 303. Qatl committed under ikrah-i-tam or ikrah-i-naqis : Whoever commits qatl: (a) under Ikrah-i-tam shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to twenty-five years but shall not be less than ten years and the person causing 'ikrah-i-tam' shall be punished for the '.kind of Qatl committed as a consequence of ikrah-i-tam; or (b) under 'ikrah-i-naqis' shall be punished for the kind of Qatl committed by him and the person, causing 'ikrah-i-naqis, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years. 304. Proof of qatl-i-amd liable to qisas, etc.: (1) Proof of qatl-i-amd shall be in any of the following forms, namely: (a) the accused makes before a Court competent to try the offence a voluntary and true confession of the commission of the offence; or (b) by the evidence as provided in Article 17 of the Qanun-e-Shalladat, 1984 (P.O. No. 10 of 1984). (2) The provisions of sub-section (1) shall, mutatis, mutandis, apply to a hurt liable to qisas. 305. Wali: In case of qatl, the wali shall be-(a) the heirs of the victim, according to his personal law; and (b) the Government, if there is no heir.

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