Posted: September 7th, 2017

X’ & ‘Y’ go to murder ‘Z’. ‘X’ stood on guard with a spear in hand but did not his ‘Z’ at all. Y killed ‘Z’

X’ & ‘Y’ go to murder ‘Z’. ‘X’ stood on guard with a spear in hand but did not his ‘Z’ at all. Y killed ‘Z’
(A) only ‘Y’ is liable for murder of Z
(B) ‘X’ & ‘Y’ both are liable for murder of ‘Z’
(C) ‘X’ is not liable as he did not perform any overt act
(D) both (a) & (c)