MCQ
PRINCIPLE The right of private defence entitles one to do harm to a proportional extent provided it is done in good faith, it is proportional and is inflicted only to the extent is necessary to stop a person from committing harm against oneself.
FACTS A doctor with the intention of saving a terminal patient's life decides to administer an experimental drug to the patient without informing the patient or taking consent from the patient's relatives leading to the patient's death.
Options
The act shall not constitute an offence as there was no criminal intention.
The act shall not constitute an offence as there was no knowledge
Both (a) and (b)
Neither (a) nor (b)
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Solution
Neither (a) nor (b)
Concept: Criminal Law
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