Consent given under compulsion arising out of threat of injury ........

Indian Penal Code (IPC) 1860 Offences affecting the Human Body

Consent given under compulsion arising out of threat of injury:

excuses the causing of death

excuses causing of any offence against the state punishable with death

both (a) & (b)

neither (a) nor (b).

- Option 1: Excuses the causing of death:

- A consent given under compulsion or threat does not legally justify causing death.

- Legal systems generally do not accept duress as a defense for homicide.

- Option 2: Excuses causing of any offence against the state punishable with death:

- Offenses against the state, especially those punishable by death, are not excused by coercion.

- Threat does not absolve one from responsibility for such serious offenses.

- Option 3: Both (a) & (b):

- Neither causing death nor offenses against the state can be excused by consent under threat.

- Option 4: Neither (a) nor (b):

- Consents given under duress do not excuse causing death or offenses against the state.

Answer: Option 4 is correct. .

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