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A locks his wife B in a room and deliberately withholds all food for several days to kill her. She…

BNS section 109(1) covers conduct that would be murder if it caused death, given the required intention or knowledge and circumstances. The deliberate starvation to cause…

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A locks his wife B in a room and deliberately withholds all food for several days to kill her. She escapes alive. Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, which offence does the deliberate starvation with the intent to kill amount to?

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Correct answer A

BNS section 109(1) covers conduct that would be murder if it caused death, given the required intention or knowledge and circumstances. The deliberate starvation to cause death goes beyond preparation, even though B escapes and survives. Wrongful confinement may be a separate offence. The question asks about the starvation intended to cause death.

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Option A

The prolonged starvation is conduct towards killing B. She escaped alive, so it amounts to attempt to murder.

Option B

The stated intent and facts support murder if death results. The question supplies no fact that would reduce the intended killing to culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

Option C

Murder requires a death. B escaped alive.

Option D

B survived, and the facts specify intentional starvation rather than a fatal rash or negligent act.

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