Multiple choice

Principle: Nothing is an offence by reason that it causes, or that it is intended to cause, or that it is known to be likely to cause any harm, if that harm is so slight that no person of ordinary sense and temper would complain of such harm.

Which of the following options is correct?

  1. A slips on a banana skin thrown by an irresponsible pedestrian B and is helped up by B. B has committed an offence.

  2. A is shoved by B while boarding a crowded bus. B has committed an offence.

  3. A slips on a banana skin thrown by an irresponsible pedestrian B and fractures his arm. B has committed an offence.

  4. A is stepped on by B while buying vegetables in a busy flea market. B has committed an offence.
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Option 1: Though there was negligence, yet it made no harm to A. So, it is not an offence.

Option 2. The mistake, though committed by B, yet there is no offence.

Option 3: The negligence of B has caused harm to A. Thus, it can be treated as an offence.

Option 4: It can be caused by no intention or no negligence, so it is not an offence.

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