Consider the following statements:
A. 2 only
B. 1 and 2
C. 2 and 3
D. 1 and 3
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With whom the offence of adultery may be committed under the Indian Penal Code?
A. Married woman
B. Unmarried woman
C. Both A and B above
D. None of the above
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If actus non tacit reum nisi mens siti rea is a cardinal principle of criminal law, then which one of the following statements correctly reflects the above principle?
A. Mens rea is an essential element of a crime and there cannot be a crime without mens rea
B. Criminal liability under Indian Law always implies mens rea
C. To constitute a crime there must be actus reus and mens rea
D. Actus reus is not always necessary to constitute a crime
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Which one is incorrect? Culpable homicide does not amount to murder in certain cases of grave and sudden provocation provided:
A. The provocation was not sought by the offender
B. The provocation is not given by anything done in obedience to law
C. The provocation is not given by anything done in the lawful exercise of right of private defence
D. The question whether the provocation was grave and sudden is a pure question of law
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A Police Officer receives a sum of Rs. 5000/- as fine from violator. He deposits the amount in the Treasury three months after the stipulated period. He commits:
A. Offence punishable under Section 407 Indian Penal Code
B. Offence punishable under Section 409 Indian Penal Code
C. Offence punishable under Section 420 Indian Penal Code
D. None of the above
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Sedition' as offence was held constitutionally valid in Kedar Nath v. State of Bihar, AIR 1962 SC 955 us dealt under-
A. Section 124 A of Indian Penal Code
B. Section 128 of Indian Penal Code
C. Section 136 of Indian Penal Code
D. Section 138 of Indian Penal Code
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Essential ingredients of the offence of mischief is
A. Intention to cause destruction of a property
B. Intention to change nature of a property
C. Intentionally causing wrongful loss or damage to the property of another by destroying or diminishing its value
D. None of the above
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A and B go with intent to kill C. A stood on guard with a spare gun in hand but did not shoot C. B killed C. Which one of the following is correct?
A. A and B both are equally liable for murder of C
B. A is not liable as he did nothing
C. Only B is liable for murder of C
D. None of the above
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A' filed a FIR (First Information Report) giving details of a crime that he had committed. There were no exculpatory statements in the FIR (First Information Report) and gave all the details regarding the commission of the crime. Which of the following statements is accurate:
A. The FIR (First Information Report) is hit by Section 25 of the Indian Evidence Act and hence is inadmissible as an evidence. However, the fact that 'A' filed the FIR (First Information Report) is admissible under Section 8 of the Indian Evidence Act
B. Since the FIR (First Information Report) is confessional in nature, the fact that 'A' filed the FIR (First Information Report) is also not admissible in evidence
C. FIR (First Information Report) including confession is admissible under the Indian Evidence Act as it was voluntary and before arrest
D. It is admissible under Section 32(c) of the Indian Evidence Act
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Judgment in Mahboob Shah v. Emperor, AIR 1945 PC 118 explained the penal law relating to:
A. Right to private defence
B. Defence of unsound mind
C. Common object
D. Common intention
E. None of the above
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Which one of the following does not amount to 'fraud'?
A. Active concealment of fact
B. A promise made without intention to perform it
C. Suggestion as to a fact which is not true by one who believes it to be true
D. A representation made without knowing it to be false, honestly believing it to be true
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A, is in a house which is on fire, with Z, a child. People below hold out a blanket. A drops the child from the house-top, knowing it to be likely that the fall may kill the child but not intending to kill the child, and intending, in good faith, the child's benefit, and the child dies:
A. Section 304A, of Indian Penal Code, 1860
B. Section 304 Part II, of Indian Penal Code, 1860
C. Section 302, of Indian Penal Code, 1860
D. A has committed no offence
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The abetment of an abetment is an offence in Indian Penal Code under
A. Section 107
B. Section 108
C. Section 109
D. Section 110
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Indian Penal Code: A finds the key of Z's house door, which Z had lost and enter Z's house having open the door with that key. A is guilty of-
A. Theft
B. Cheating
C. House breaking
D. Robbery
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An offence of criminal intimidation involves . . . . . . . .
A. Assaul
B. Battery
C. Affray
D. Threat
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H takes property belonging to S out of the possession of S in good faith, believing at the time when he takes it, that the property belongs to himself. Later on realizing his mistake, H continues to appropriate the property to his own use. H has committed the offence of
A. Robbery
B. Criminal breach of trust
C. Criminal misappropriation
D. Cheating
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Match
List-I with
List-II and give the correct answer:
List I (Provision for) List II (Sections of Indian Penal Code)
a. Punishment for causing or resulting in persistent vegetative state of victim
1. Section 376D
b. Sexual intercourse by husband upon his wife during separation
2. Section 376B
c. Sexual intercourse by a person in authority
3. Section 376A
d. Gang rape
4. Section 376C
A. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
B. a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3
C. a-3, b-2, c-4, d-1
D. a-4, b-1, c-3, d-2
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"A" finds a purse with money not knowing to whom it belongs, he afterwards discovers that it belongs to "B" and appropriates to his own use."A" is guilty of
A. Criminal breach of trust
B. Cheating
C. Criminal misappropriation
D. Theft
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Which of the following statement is correct?
A. A publisher is responsible for publishing a defamatory statement for first time only and not for repeating it
B. Only editor and not printer and publisher are responsible for that defamatory statement in the newspaper
C. Defamatory imputation concerning any person may be conveyed obliquely or indirectly, or by way of question, conjecture, exclamation or by irony
D. The court does not distinguish between "character" and "reputation" against defamation
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A and B agreed to commit the murder of C by poisoning and D was to procure poison, but he did not procure it. A and B are guilty of . . . . . . . .
A. No offense
B. Criminal conspiracy to murder C
C. Abatement of murder by conspiracy
D. Attempt to murder with the aid of section 34 Indian Penal Code
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