S’ is found in possession of property reasonably suspected to be stolen by him and is arrested by ‘P’ a police officer, ‘S’ is excited to sudden and violent passion by the arrest and fires at him but kills ‘D’ who was standing near ‘P’ neither intending nor knowing himself to be likely to kill ‘D’ This is

Option A: Culpable homicide not amounting to murder, because ‘S’ had been deprived of the power of self- control by grave and sudden provocation

Option B: Murder because provocation was given by a thing done by a Public servant in lawful discharge of his powers

Option C: Culpable Homicide not amounting to murder because the death of ‘D’ occurred by mistake or accident

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer

Option: b

Explanation

Illustration (b) & (c) of exception 1 of Section 300 r/w Section 301 of IPC.

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