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Question 117 Legal Reasoning 2015 Medium MCQ +1.00 marks · -0.25 negative

The questions consist of two statements, one labeled as PRINCIPLE and the other as FACT. You are to examine the principle and apply it to the given facts carefully and select the best option. PRINCIPLE: Nothing is an offence which is done by a person who, at the time of doing it, by reason of unsoundness of mind, is incapable of knowing the nature of the act, or that he is doing what is either wrong or contrary to law. FACT: A takes his son B, who is three years old, for a bath to the well. He throws his son inside the well so that he could have a good bath. After 10 minutes he also jumped into the well to take a bath and take his son out of the well. Both were rescued by the villagers but his son was found dead.

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