A Gives Z Fifty Strokes with a Stick

Multiple Choice

A gives Z fifty strokes with a stick. Here A may have committed the offence of voluntarily causing hurt to Z by the whole beating and also by each of the blows which make up the whole beating. As per Section 71 of IPC which of the following should be the punishment?

A) A is liable for every blow and should be imprisoned for fifty years one for each blow
B) A is only liable for blows he delivered on the victim
C) A is liable to one punishment for the whole beating
D) A should be separately punished for beating and delivering blows