State in which of the following cases, P is guilty of attempting to commit the offence:
A. P, in order to forge a document purporting to be executed by Q, sends his servant to buy a stamp paper in the name of Q. As the servant reaches stamp shop, he is arrested
B. P shoots at Q whose back is towards him. The attempt fails as Q is beyond the range of the gun
C. P pours half a pint of substance from a bottle marked "poison" into the whisky of Q. Q is not aware. It turns out that bottle did not contain any poison
D. P administers some noxious substance to a woman so that an abortion results. The woman was not pregnant
Answer: Option B
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