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Assertion (A): Culpable homicide becomes murder when the act causes death and is done with the intention of causing death. Reason (R): One of the conditions to be satisfied for treating it as a murder is that the injury intended to be inflicted is sufficient in the ordinary course of nature to cause death.

  1. (A) is true and (R) is false.

  2. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

  3. (A) is false and (R) is true.

  4. Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
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Explanation

Culpable homicide becomes murder when the act causes death and is done with the intention of causing death. One of the conditions to be satisfied for treating it as a murder is that the injury intended to be inflicted is sufficient in the ordinary course of nature to cause death.

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