1. Sir Barnes Peacock, who presided over the Committee that drafted the provisions, did not agree. See his views in Queen v. Goraohand Gope (1866) 5 W. R. Cr. 45, as reported in Ibra Akanda and Ors;Anglo Indian Codes,1891
2. The Definition of Murder Under a Penal Code;M Sornarajah;Singapore Journal of Legal Studies,1994
3. A summary of the proceedings of the Select Committee can be found in W R Hamilton, The Indian Penal Code with Commentary ???;? 151 Ibid
4. The Boot and the Spleen: When Was Murder Possible in British India?;As the heading indicates, the section which follows owes much to the comprehensive study by Jordanna Bailkin,2006