Multiple choice

When an injury is intentional and sufficient to cause death in the ordinary course of nature and death follows, the offence is

  1. attempt to murder

  2. culpable homicide, not amounting to murder

  3. murder

  4. grievous hurt

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Option (1) is incorrect: It is not an offence of attempt to murder.

Option (2) is incorrect: It is a culpable homicide amounting to murder.

Option (3) is correct: U/s 300 of IPC, Culpable homicide is murder if the act by which the death is caused is done with the intention of causing death. Option (4) is incorrect: Death is not a grievous hurt.