A makes an attempt to pick the pocket of Z by thrusting his hand in to the pocket of Z, but finds it empty. A is guilty of

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• A makes an attempt to pick the pocket of Z by thrusting his hand into Z’s pocket. A falls in the attempt in consequence of Z’s having nothing in his pocket.
• A inserts his hand into the pocket of B with a view to take away some currency notes, but A finds that the pocket is empty. In this case, A is guilty of
• Give best response. Z, a pick-pocket attempts to take the purse of a gentleman who has a loaded pistol in his pocket. The thief touches the pistol and the trigger goes off, the gentleman is shot dead. The liability of the pick-pocket is as follows :
• A accused ran after the complainant B with an axe in his hand but when he was only four paces away from B, the axe was snatched away from his hand. A is guilty of --
• A, the captain of a steam vessel, suddenly and without any fault or negligence on his part, finds himself in such a position that before he can stop his vessel, he must inevitably run down a boat B, with twenty to thirty passengers on board, unless he changes the course of his vessel, and that by changing his course, he must incur risk of running down a boat C with only two passengers on board, which he may possibly clear. Here if A alters his course without any intention to run down the boat C and in good faith for the purpose of avoiding the danger to the passengers in boat B. But in the course of this action A runs down boat C.
• The accused found a purse on the pavement of a temple in a crowded gathering and put it in his pocket but was immediately arrested. He is guilty of
• In a case the accused who was a widower led a homely life with his 12-year-old son, nephew and unmarried daughter. The accused suffered from no insanity. One day the accused accompanied by his son went with an axe in his hand to woods to gather siadi leaves. Sometimes after his nephew who had been working in the field discovered the accused sleeping under a tree with the blood stained axe beside him. There was no trace of the son of the accused. Later his son was found hacked to death. It transpired in evidence that the accused for the time being was seized of a state of mind in which he visualised that a tiger was going to pounce on him and as such mistaking his son as the tiger he cut him into pieces.
• Assertion (A): One of the most difficult tasks in attempt cases has been to find out the dividing line between preparation and attempt. Reason (R): Shooting at the shadow sufficiently near a person as to put him in danger is attempt to commit murder. Of the above statements.
• A makes an attempt to steal jewels by breaking open a box, and finds after so opening the box, that there is no jewel in it. He has done an act towards the commission of theft, and therefore, is ___
• A finds a watch on the floor of a State Transport bus while he was leaving it as the last passenger. He picked it up and kept it in his pocket instead returning it to the State Transport authorities. Next day he sold it. A is liable for: