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'A' with the intention of killing 'B', gave him poisoned halwa to eat. 'B' ate a little and threw away…

By the doctrine of transfer of malice under BNS s.102, A's intention to kill B by poisoned halwa transfers to the child who ate the leftover and died, making A guilty of…

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'A' with the intention of killing 'B', gave him poisoned halwa to eat. 'B' ate a little and threw away the rest, which a child picked up and ate. The child died of poisoning. 'A' is:

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By the doctrine of transfer of malice under BNS s.102, A's intention to kill B by poisoned halwa transfers to the child who ate the leftover and died, making A guilty of murder of the child, as in Emperor v. Mushnooru Suryanarayana Murthy.

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