A shoots Z with the intention of killing him. Z dies in consequence. What offense, if any, has been committed by A. Give reasons in support of your answer and also refer to the relevant provisions on the point.

Question: A shoots Z with the intention of killing him. Z dies in consequence. What offense, if any, has been committed by A. Give reasons in support of your answer and also refer to the relevant provisions on the point.

Find the answer to the mains question only on Legal Bites. [A shoots Z with the intention of killing him. Z dies in consequence. What offense, if any, has been committed by A. Give reasons in support of your answer and also refer to the relevant provisions on the point.]

Answer

Section 300 which defines Murder states: Except in the cases hereinafter excepted, culpable homicide is murder if the act by which the death is caused is done with the intention of causing death, or—

Secondly—If it is done with the intention of causing such bodily injury as the offender knows to be likely to cause the death of the person to whom the harm is caused, or

Thirdly—If it is done with the intention of causing bodily injury to any person, and the bodily injury intended to be inflicted is sufficient in the ordinary course of nature to cause death, or

Fourthly—If the person committing the act knows that it is so imminently dangerous that it must, in all probability, cause death or such bodily injury as is likely to cause death, and commits such act without any excuse for incurring the risk of causing death or such injury as aforesaid.

The present facts of the case are borrowed from illustration (a) to section 300. Here, A shoots Z with the intention of killing him. Z dies in consequence. A commits murder under section 302 and is punishable with death, imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine under section 302, IPC.

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