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X, intending to murder Y, mixes poison in milk and delivers it to Y to drink, but Y gives the milk to…

Under Illustration (d) to Section 109 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860), as soon as X mixes poison in the milk…

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X, intending to murder Y, mixes poison in milk and delivers it to Y to drink, but Y gives the milk to his pet dog, which dies. What offence has X committed?

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Under Illustration (d) to Section 109 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860), as soon as X mixes poison in the milk intending to murder Y and delivers it to Y, X has done an act towards the commission of murder and is guilty of attempt to murder under Section 109.

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