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'A' is a national champion of swimming in pond. He could have saved the child, but did not do so. The…

Criminal liability for an omission requires a legal duty to act; since A, a bystander with no such duty toward the child, merely failed to attempt a rescue, he commits no…

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'A' is a national champion of swimming in pond. He could have saved the child, but did not do so. The child drowned. Is 'A' guilty of -

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Criminal liability for an omission requires a legal duty to act; since A, a bystander with no such duty toward the child, merely failed to attempt a rescue, he commits no offence, however morally blameworthy the inaction may be.

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