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'A' wants to murder 'B'. He buys 20 tablets of a sleeping pill and keeps it in his drawer. He plans on administering it to 'B' the next day. Has 'A' committed an offence ? (1) Yes, the intention of killing someone is terrible and punishable (2) Yes, buying 20 tablets of sleeping pill constitute an attempt to kill (3) No, intention and preparation alone do not give rise to any criminal liability (4) No, 'B' is evil and deserves to be killed |
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| Any Crime has a few key stages to it. Ordinarily, the first two stages (intention and preparation) do not give rise to any form of criminal liability. This implies that merely having an intention to commit a criminal act is not punishable, nor is making preparation for the same. Liability in criminal law arises when one goes beyond the stage of preparation and attempts to do the forbidden act. |
