Multiple choice

Mere preparation to commit a crime is not punishable, yet preparation with intention amounts to

  1. assault

  2. intimidation

  3. extortion

  4. All of the above

  5. Both (1) and (2)

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A Correct answer
Explanation

Preparation with an intention is punishable as an assault. The offence of assault states that where a person prepares for a crime with a guilty intention and creates apprehension in the mind of another that criminal force is about to be used on him is an offence of assault.