Z under the influence of madness, attempts to kill A. A hits Z with an iron rod seriously injuring him. In this context which one of the following propositions is correct?

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• Give the correct response : Z under the influence of madness attempts to kill A.
• Assertion (A): X and Y independently intending to kill Z strike him with iron rod on his head. Z dies as a result of the injuries. Both X and Y are guilty of murder under Section 302/304, Indian Penal Code. Reason (R): When a criminal act is done by several person in furtherance of common intention of all, each of them is liable as if it was done by him alone.Of the above statements.
• Assertion (A): X, because of unsoundness of mind, not knowing the nature of the act attacks Y, who in self-defence and in order to ward of the attack, hits him thereby causing him hurt. Y does not commit an offence. Reason (R): Y had a right of private defence against X under Section 98 of the Indian Penal Code. Of the above statements.
• Give correct response. A is in a house which is on fire, with Z, a child. People below hold out a blanket, A drops the child from the house top, knowing it to be likely that the fall may kill the child, but not intending to kill the child, and intending in good faith the child’s benefit. The child is killed by fall, Held that :
• 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.
• X finds Y alone late in the night at a lonely place. He shows him a revolver and demands his purse, watch and a gold ring. X warns Y that if he does not hand over these things, he would kill him. Fearing injury or death, Y hands over the valuables demanded by X to Y. X is:
• X intending to kill Y by poisoning purchases poison and mixes the same with a glass of milk. He gives the glass to Z to serve it to Y. Z drinks the milk and dies. Which one of the following statements is correct in this context?
• A attacks Z under such circumstances of grave provoca­tion that his killing of Z would be only culpable homi­cide not amounting to murder. B, having ill-will towards Z, and intending to kill him and not having been subject to the provocation, assists A in killing Z. Which of the following judgment under Section 38 of IPC applies to A and B?
• Give best response. Z is carried off by a tiger. A fires at the tiger knowing it to be likely that the shot may kill Z, but not intending to kill Z and in good faith intending Z’s benefit, A’s bullet gives Z a mortal wound:
• A met with an accident and became unconscious. He was taken to the hospital by the police and there was none of identify him. The surgeon performed an operation on him to save him but A died. The police prosecuted the surgeon for murder on a complaint by A’s relative. Since it was an act done in: