Legal situation of 3 daughters bringing gasoline to burn their mother’s house

On October 30, the leader of the People’s Committee of Trung Hoa Commune, Yen My District, Hung Yen Province said that in the commune, there had been a case of bringing gasoline to burn houses, injuring four people.

“The cause comes from land conflicts. Mrs. D, 61 years old, residing in Trung Hoa commune, has 3 daughters and 1 son, all married. Mrs. D has several plots of land in the village, one of which is on the village road and one left by his father in the village. The Commune People’s Committee has repeatedly intervened and reconciled the land division of Mrs. D’s family due to the conflict between her three daughters and her mother in the division of land”, the leader of Trung Hoa Commune People’s Committee informed.

Before that, around 9:30 am on the same day, the People’s Committee and the police of Trung Hoa commune received news that a house fire had occurred in a household in the commune. The incident was immediately discovered by the people and helped the owner to put out the fire.

Through verification, the authorities determined that the perpetrators of the fire were the three daughters of the female owner. 3 daughters, the oldest SN 1982, the youngest SN 1991 brought a can of gasoline about 4-5 liters to pour on the floor of their mother’s house and set it on fire. The fire caused two-thirds of the injured daughters to go to the emergency room, one girl suffered minor burns to give first aid at home. The birth mother also suffered burns, burnt clothes and hair, and was taken to the emergency room. Currently, the functional force is continuing to investigate and clarify the case and handle it in accordance with the law.

From a legal perspective, lawyer Dinh Thi Nguyen said that this is a serious fire, showing signs of breaking the law. The police will conduct the verification, clarify the cause of the incident, evaluate the consequences that have occurred as a basis for settling the case in accordance with the law.

If the act of pouring gasoline on fire can lead to death or to commit murder, the traffic police may prosecute a criminal case for the crime of “Murder” according to the provisions of Article 123 of the Penal Code 2015 to proceed with the investigation. investigate and handle violators in accordance with law.

Lawyer Nguyen said that a normal person would be aware that gasoline is a dangerous combustible substance, capable of spreading quickly and once ignited, it is difficult to extinguish. Pouring gasoline into the house and then lighting it completely can lead to house fire, death, serious damage to property, health, and lives of those present at the scene.

Therefore, in case the verification results of the police show that the house fire was caused by someone bringing gasoline to pour it out and set it on fire, resulting in a fire, many injuries and property damage, this is an incident. serious.

Where the purpose of this house burning act is to kill the people in the house or the person who burns the house with gasoline knows his behavior is dangerous, which can cause damage to property. Even the lives of the people living inside but still intentionally performing the act, ignoring the possible fatal consequences, these people can be prosecuted for criminal responsibility for the crime of “Murder” although The victim did not die due to timely treatment.

In case there are not enough grounds to criminally handle the crime of “Murder”, the traffic police can still handle those who commit acts of the crime of “Intentionally causing injury” as prescribed in Article 134 or the crime of “Destroying or intentionally damaging property” as prescribed in Article 178 of the Penal Code.

Lawyer Nguyen said that determining whether an act can lead to death or not will depend on the characteristics of the crime scene, on the people present at the scene, the amount of gasoline poured out, the characteristics of fire, the victim’s ability to escape and other mechanical and technical factors.

The traffic police will examine the crime scene, clarify relevant details to determine the subjective consciousness through objective behavior, determine the characteristics of the crime scene that can lead to fatal consequences or not to serve as a basis. identify crimes and handle violators in accordance with law.

“If because of a land dispute, the three girls pour gasoline on the house to kill their own mother, this is a very cruel and condemnable act, this behavior will be determined to be because of the Whatever the cause, this behavior is unacceptable, infringing upon many objects protected by the criminal law,” said lawyer Nguyen.

Thai An