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Property Damage and Animal Killing Liability Dispute

Legal illustration: Property Damage and Animal Killing Liability Dispute
Legal illustration: Property Damage and Animal Killing Liability Dispute

Order 6. Mr. See kept one chicken, allowing it to roam freely. On the day, the chicken ate vegetables in Mr. Sa’s garden, and Mr. Sa used a sharpened stick to shoot and kill the chicken, and will Mr. Sa be liable for any offense? Multiple Choice Answers.

Mr. See negligently allowed his animal to enter Mr. Sa’s property, which constitutes a violation of Section 395 of the Criminal Code. Mr. Sa shot the chicken with a sharpened stick that was eating vegetables, which is an act of preventing property (Appeal Case 29/2487). This constitutes damage to property under Sections 358 and 69 of the Criminal Code. The deceased chicken remains the property of Mr. See. Mr. Sa, having formed a malicious intent afterward, took it to eat, which constitutes theft under the Criminal Code. Mr. Yai used a stick to strike Mr. Lek until Mr. Lek was unconscious. Mr. Yai believed that Mr. Lek