Multiple choice

A puts his hand in the pocket of B for stealing money, but his pocket was empty. A is

  1. guilty of theft

  2. not guilty of theft

  3. guilty of attempt to commit theft

  4. guilty of using criminal force

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C Correct answer
Explanation

An attempted crime is the one that wasn’t finished or which failed to achieve completion. Thus, as A did not succeed in completing the crime, so A will be guilty of attempt to commit theft.