Ravi was suffering from delusion. One night he considered his own son as a leopard and attacked him with an axe, thinking by mistake of fact that he was justified in killing the son whom he did not regard to be a human being but a dangerous animal. Ravi is guilty of:
A. No offence as he has defence of mistake of fact in good faith
B. Murder
C. No offence as he has the defence of insanity
D. Culpable homicide
Answer: Option A

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