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A and his wife B were in possession of some land of E on lease and they were farming it for years. Once their payment of the lease delayed but had their crop on the land. The landlord came to the land and attempted to harvest the crop. A killed E and took exercise right to private defence of property. Decide

Option: 1

A is liable for culpable homicide


Option: 2

A is liable for murder


Option: 3

A is liable for negligence


Option: 4

none of the above


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Only a reasonable apprehension is enough to exercise the right of self-defence. It is not necessary that there should be an actual commission of the offence to give rise to the right of private defence. It is enough if the accused is apprehended that an offence is likely to be committed if the right of private defence is not exercised. Here they exercised the defence to protect their crop when landlords were trying to harvest and destroy them. Hence, Option A is correct

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