A' was suffering from Typhoid and an insane delusion due to medication. B woke up at midnight and saw a tiger at his bed side. He took out a revolver and shot the tiger. When he woke up in the morning, he saw his 5 year old daughter sleeping next to him in a pool of blood 'A' should be:

A. Convicted for 'culpable homicide' and not 'murder' as he had no intention to kill his daughter

B. Convicted for a rash and negligent act under Section 304 A of the Indian Penal Code

C. Acquitted as he neither had the intention to kill his daughter nor the knowledge that his act was a imminently dangerous that it would in all probability cause her death

D. Acquitted under the defence a 'mistake of fact' as a general exception to criminal liability

Answer: Option C