Explanation:

actüs reus includes both act as well as illegal omission. The actus reus of omission is well illustrated in the English case of Gibbins v. Proctar - where a man and a woman with whom he was living :were held guilty, of murder of the man's child when the woman with the connivance of the man withheld food from the child, inten ding its death or grievous bodily harm. Whàtis essential that there must be a legal duty to act. If the neighbor is thirsty and ldo not, offer water to him and he die of thirst, I am not liable, as law does not impose duty on me to give water to my neighbors'