Factual Situation: X has an illicit intimacy with Y, a married woman. X suggests to Y that they should do away with her husband by murdering him, to which Y does not give her consent. After two months, X gives a white colored poison to Y saying that it is a ‘magic powder’. He asks Y to mix it with her husband’s drink so that he would not object to Y’s illicit relations with X. Y carries out the instructions given by X and her husband dies consequently. Issue: What offence, if any, has been committed? Decision:

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Factual Situation: X has an illicit intimacy with Y, a married woman. X suggests to Y that they should do away with her husband by murdering him, to which Y does not give her consent. After two months, X gives a white colored poison to Y saying that it is a ‘magic powder’. He asks Y to mix it with her husband’s drink so that he would not object to Y’s illicit relations with X. Y carries out the instructions given by X and her husband dies consequently. Issue: What offence, if any, has been committed? Decision:





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