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A is at work with a hatchet; the head flies off and kills a man who is standing by. A has committed:

A. An offence of murder

B. An offence of culpable homicide not amounting to murder

C. An offence of death by negligence

D. No offence, if there was no want of proper caution on the part of A

Answer: Option D


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