Section 80 IPC excuses an act done by accident or misfortune. The four conjunctive conditions of Section 80 are:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A.
1. Section 80 IPC reads: 'Nothing is an offence which is done by accident or misfortune, and without any criminal intention or knowledge, in the doing of a lawful act in a lawful manner by lawful means, and with proper care and caution.'
2. The four cumulative ingredients are exactly as in option A.
3. The classic illustration: a man at work with a hatchet head flies off and kills a person standing by — no offence under Section 80 if the wood-cutter was acting carefully and lawfully.
4. Failure of any one ingredient (e.g. negligence or unlawful means) defeats Section 80.
5. Hence option A is correct.
_Source: Indian Penal Code 1860 / Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 / Indian Evidence Act 1872 (Bare Acts, indiacode.nic.in) — IPC, Section 80 (Accident in the doing of a lawful act)_
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