Criminal Homicide – Criminal Homicide legal meaning

Criminal Homicide – Criminal Homicide legal meaning and definition

Criminal Homicide is a homicide which is prohibited by law (unlawful killing such as murder or manslaughter)

Criminal Homicide includes the killing which is intentional and with the knowledge that the killing may be caused due to an act of the killer.

Non-criminal homicide includes killing in self-defence, unintentional killing or accidental killing without knowledge that the killing may be caused.