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17. As   noted   above,   causation   is   an   important   ingredient   to determine as to whether a person commits culpable homicide in   the   first   place.   Causation   simply   means   “causal relationship between conduct and result”. In this respect we need to assess whether the contentions of the parties could stand the scrutiny of the law of the land. Section 299 of IPC indicates two types of causations, one the factual causation and   the   second   the   legal   causation.   Coming   to   the   factual causation, it is a matter of fact as to whether the action of the accused caused death of the person. But the second aspect concerns itself, whether the death can be sufficiently imputed to  the   accused’s   action  as being  responsible legally. In  our considered   opinion   this   case   turns   on   the   second   leg   of causal relationship wherein, could the injuries caused by the police officers be sufficiently imputed to be the cause of death of Joinus herein?

18. It is settled under common law wherein the principle of ‘take their victim as they find them’ is followed,1 meaning ‘A person who   does   any   act/omission   which   hastens   the   death   of another person who, when the act is done or the omission is 1 R v Blaue, [1975] 3 All ER 446 (CA) made,   is   labouring   under   some   disorder   or   disease   arising from   another   cause,   is   deemed   to   have   killed   that   other person.’   This principle has been expressly ingrained under the Explanation 1 to the Section 299 of IPC. Without going into details on this aspect as this is not a case of multiple causation   requiring   us  to   consider  the   same,  rather  it  is  a case   wherein   the   deceased   died   of   asphyxiation   due   to contents   of   his   vomit,   hours   later   from   the   time   when   the injury   was   inflicted,   which   is   an   independent   reason   for cause of death herein.