Correct option is B
The correct answer is: (b) A-III, B-IV, C-I, D-II
Detailed Explanation
Matching each General Exception from List I to its corresponding section under the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860 in List II:
- A. Act of a child under seven years of age III. Section 82 of IPC:
Section 82 incorporates the absolute doctrine of Doli Incapax, stating that nothing is an offence which is done by a child under seven years of age.
- B. Act likely to cause harm, done without criminal intent, and to prevent other harm IV. Section 81 of IPC:
Section 81 embodies the Doctrine of Necessity, protecting acts done without criminal intention to prevent other greater harm to person or property.
- C. Mistake of fact I. Section 76 of IPC:
Section 76 protects a person who does an act bound by law, or who by reason of a mistake of fact (and not mistake of law) in good faith believes himself to be bound by law.
- D. Act of a person incapable of judgment by reason of intoxication caused against his will II. Section 85 of IPC:
Section 85 covers involuntary intoxication, protecting acts committed by a person who at the time of doing it was incapable of knowing the nature of the act due to intoxication administered without his knowledge or against his will.
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