Multiple choice

Assertion (A) : X and Y had independently entertained the idea to kill Z. Accordingly, each separately inflicts wounds on Z. Z dies. X and Y can be tried jointly. Reason (R) : Two or more persons can be tried jointly if the act, resulting in an offence, is done in furtherance of a common intention. Select your answer using the codes given below:

  1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

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

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

  4. (A) is false but (R) is true
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Explanation

The assertion is legally sound - independently conceived crimes can be tried jointly if the offenses share a common factual basis. The reason about common intention is actually incorrect here. Under Criminal Procedure Code, joint trials are permitted for offenses committed in the same transaction, even without pre-planned common intention. However, the assertion states they CAN be tried jointly (which is true for administrative efficiency), and the reason given doesn't correctly explain WHY.

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