In a School Committee meeting, one X made remarks that the father and the uncle of the accused were monopolizing all seats of authority and that they were dishonest. The accused, on hearing this, went to his house which was about a km away and brought a gun. By that time the meeting had ended in a disorder and the people were dispersing on the road. The accused asked those who were near X to move away because he wanted to shoot 'X', then he fired a shot but missed his aim. 'X' then started running to save himself. In the meantime, the deceased who was the maternal uncle of the accused rushed towards the accused in order to prevent him from using the gun. The accused, however, pushed him back and fired at 'X' but the deceased came between the gun and X and was shot in the back and died. What offence was committed by the accused? Give reasons