Question

The question consists of legal propositions/ principles (hereinafter referred to as 'principle') and facts. These principles have to be applied to the given facts to arrive at the most reasonable conclusion.

Principle: No communication made in good faith is an offense by reason of any harm to the person to whom it is made if it is made for the benefit of that person.

Facts: 'A', a surgeon, in good faith, communicates to a patient his opinion that he cannot live. The patient dies in consequence of the shock.

पर्याय

• 'A' has committed the offense of causing the death of his patient

• 'A' has not committed the offense of causing death of his patient

• 'A' has only partially committed the offense of causing the death of his patient

• None of the above

Answer 1

'A' has not committed the offense of causing the death of his patient

Explanation:

The principle given here is similar to that enshrined in Section 93 of the Indian penal code, according to which, no communication made in good faith is an offense by reason of any harm to the person to whom it is made if it is made for the benefit of that person.  
In the present scenario, A has not committed the offense of causing the death of his patient, because he did so in good faith for the benefit of his patient.