Multiple choice

Principle: Whoever voluntarily causes hurt for the purpose of extorting from the sufferer or from any person interested in the sufferer, any confession or any information which may lead to the detection of an offence or misconduct, or for the purpose of constraining the sufferer or any person interested in the sufferer to restore or to cause the restoration of any property or valuable security or to satisfy any claim or valuable security, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, shall also be liable to fine. Fact: A, a money lender, thrashes a peasant for failing to pay the interest due to him in time on the money lent by him.

  1. A is not guilty of any offence as the peasant has failed to pay interest.

  2. A is guilty of offence as he voluntarily caused hurt to the peasant.

  3. A cannot be guilty of offence as the peasant may not pay up A for good.

  4. B is guilty of offence as he should have borrowed only so much as he could repay.
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Explanation

Option 1: No, A is guilty of the offence of misconduct as he voluntarily caused hurt to the peasant to settle his claim. Option 2: Yes, A is guilty of the offence of misconduct for voluntarily causing hurt to the peasant to settle his claim. Option 3: No, even if the peasant is unable to pay his debt, A cannot voluntarily cause hurt to the peasant.  Option 4: No, borrowing more than what one could pay is a matter of circumstance and not an offence.

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