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A joins a gang of dacoits by reason of a threat of being beaten. He is compelled later on by the decoits to break open the door of a house to facilitate dacoity in which an inmate of the house is killed. Here,

  1. A will not be liable for any offence as he joined the gang under threat of being beaten

  2. A will be liable only for breaking open the door

  3. A will be jointly liable for murder along with other dacoits as he joined the gang under a threat which was short of instant death

  4. A will not be liable for murder as he was standing outside the house and did not know as to what was happening inside the house
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Explanation

Here, A will not be liable for any offence as he joined the gang under threat of being beaten.

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