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| Q. |
Point out incorrect response. The following are some of the illustrations of defence of mistake of fact: |
| A. | A in a moment of delusion thought that has only son was a tiger and he assailed him with an axe, thinking by reason of mistake of fact, that he was justified in destroying the deceased whom he did not regard to be a human being but who, as he thought, was a dangerous animal. |
| B. | A was awakened in the night by strange noises in his house ; thinking that he was attacking a burglar, he ran his sword through a cabinet where the intruder was hiding and killed a friend of his servant present by the latter’s invitation. |
| C. | A was charged for selling liquor to B, an intoxicated person who had given no indication of intoxication. There the statute made it an offence for any licensed person to sell any intoxicating liquor to any drunken person. A did not know that B was intoxicated. |
| D. | A, a rail conductor forcibly ejects a passenger believing that the passenger has not paid his fare. The passenger persistently refuses to pay or to show his ticket. |
| Answer» C. A was charged for selling liquor to B, an intoxicated person who had given no indication of intoxication. There the statute made it an offence for any licensed person to sell any intoxicating liquor to any drunken person. A did not know that B was intoxicated. | |
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