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A swimmer, standing alongside of a swimming pool, watches a child of five years drowning in the pool.…

Indian law recognises no general duty to rescue a stranger absent a special relationship of control or undertaking, so a mere failure to act to save a drowning child,…

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A swimmer, standing alongside of a swimming pool, watches a child of five years drowning in the pool. He shouts for help but does not do anything to rescue the child. The swimmer is

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Indian law recognises no general duty to rescue a stranger absent a special relationship of control or undertaking, so a mere failure to act to save a drowning child, without more, attracts no liability and the swimmer is "Not guilty at all"; he is not "Guilty of criminal neglect" nor "Liable under civil law for payment of compensation".

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