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X is charge for murder of Y. About a month before the murder Y had attempted to rape the wife of X, X…

The right of private defence answers an imminent or continuing danger and ends once that danger has passed, so a killing carried out a month after the earlier incident is…

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X is charge for murder of Y. About a month before the murder Y had attempted to rape the wife of X, X has an altercation with Y immediately before murder X is:

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The right of private defence answers an imminent or continuing danger and ends once that danger has passed, so a killing carried out a month after the earlier incident is retaliation rather than defence, and X cannot claim the right for want of any subsisting apprehension.

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