“Death”

“Death” means the death of a human being unless the context shows a different meaning. It is the default meaning when a law or rule uses the word without qualification. Consequence: do not read 'death' to include animals or things unless the statute or context clearly includes them.

Ravi files an FIR after a cow dies in his neighbour's field. The FIR form asks whether 'death' occurred; under this definition 'death' means a human death, so Ravi would not mark it as a human 'death' case for criminal provisions unless the law or form clearly includes animals.