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Under Section 100 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, A knows Z to be behind a bush. B does not know…

A intentionally causes Z's death by inducing the uninformed B to fire at the bush. Illustration (b) to Section 100 BNS (formerly section 299 IPC) expressly attributes…

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Under Section 100 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, A knows Z to be behind a bush. B does not know it. A, intending to cause Z's death, induces B to fire at the bush. B fires and kills Z. Which statement follows from illustration (b) to that section?

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A intentionally causes Z's death by inducing the uninformed B to fire at the bush. Illustration (b) to Section 100 BNS (formerly section 299 IPC) expressly attributes culpable homicide to A while B may be guilty of no offence. B's ignorance does not excuse the instigator's intentional causation.

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