Point out incorrect response. The following are the fundamental principles of criminal jurisprudence:
A)No person accused of an offence shall be compelled to be a witness against himself.
B)No person can be put to peril twice for the same offence.
C)A man is presumed innocent unless he is proved guilty i.e., the burden of proving the guilt lies on the prosecution and benefit of all reasonable doubts is given to the accused.
D)Whenever insanity is pleaded in defence by the accused the burden shall lie upon the prosecution to prove that the accused was of sound mind at the time of commission of the offence.

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The principle D is incorrect because when insanity is pleaded as a defense, the burden typically shifts to the defense to prove that the accused was insane at the time of the commission of the offence, not on the prosecution to prove sound mind.

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