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'A' while firing a bullet in the air, the bullet of the pistol injures a person sitting in the house,…

Where 'A' fires a bullet in the air and the bullet strikes and injures a person sitting inside a house, the maxim "Res ipsa loquitur" ('the thing speaks for itself')…

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'A' while firing a bullet in the air, the bullet of the pistol injures a person sitting in the house, which among the following will be applicable ?

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Where 'A' fires a bullet in the air and the bullet strikes and injures a person sitting inside a house, the maxim "Res ipsa loquitur" ('the thing speaks for itself') applies, because such an injury does not ordinarily happen without negligence on the part of the person handling and firing the firearm, raising a prima facie inference of negligence.

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