Abstract

• Homicide refers to the act of killing a human being. Homicide can be lawful or unlawful. Culpable homicide is punishable by law is divided into two categories; such as culpable homicide amounting to murder and culpable homicide not amounting to murder. Culpable homicide is a kind of unlawful homicide. It is provocation caused by grave and sudden circumstances, exceeding the right of private defence. Murder means to commit the crime of intentionally killing a person. All the cases of murder are culpable homicide but culpable homicide in not murder. Murder is the highest offence in the Criminal Law. Intention and knowledge are important points of the culpable homicide amounting to murder. There is a thin line between murder and culpable homicide. In practice, the circumstance of two offenses of are closely connective. In deciding of a culpable homicide or murder, it must be decided and considered based on the facts whether there is premeditation or not, kind of injury. It is important to clarify that engaging in actions with the aim to cause death or harm that is likely to result in death constitutes culpable homicide or murder. The paper is focused on examining the degree of criminal liability for homicidal offenses. Moreover, the offences affecting life do not include group homicide, there is no specific offence for group killing in Myanmar. It is necessary to regulate an offence to solve the group homicide in Myanmar. It is the duty of National to protect life of the people because of the promoting the peaceful and inclusive societies for the sustainable development, providing access to justice for all and building the effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels. A summary of the interplay between the Sustainable Development Goals and homicidal offence is provided below.