X and Y, swimming in the sea, after a ship wreck, got hold of a plank. The plank was not large enough to support both. X having no other option, pushed Y who was drowned. X has commited

Option A: Culpable homicide

Option B: Murder

Option C: The offence of causing death by negligence

Option D: No offence

Correct Answer

Option: b

Explanation

Murder can be defined under IPC as culpable homicide which implies an act by which death is caused with the intention of causing death or such bodily injury or is so imminently dangerous that it must in all probability cause death

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