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S' knows that 'R' is suffering from the disease of heart ailment and also knows that one hit on R's chest can cause cardiac arrest the cause death. S hits R once on chest and R dies. Sis:

A. Guilty of murder since he had knowledge that in all probability is likely to cause death of 'R'

B. Guilty of no offence since the blow is not sufficient to cause the death of a person of normal health

C. Guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder since he does not think that his act is likely to cause death

D. None of the above

Answer: Option A


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