Principle Wherever the causing of a certain effect or an attempt to cause that effect by an act or n...........

Indian Penal Code (IPC) 1860 Others

Principle: Wherever the causing of a certain effect, or an attempt to cause that effect, by an act or by an omission, is an offence, it is to be understood that the causing of that effect partly by an act and partly by an omission is the same offence.

Facts: A intentionally omitted to give food to his father. He also used to beat his father. Consequently A’s father died.

A did not commit any offence

A committed only the offence of omitting to give food to his father

A committed only the offence of beating of his father

A committed the offence of killing of his father

Explanation:

The omission of A of not giving food to his father and his act of beating his father together resulted in his father's death.
Hence, option 4 is the correct answer.