The Indian Penal Code was drafted by:
A. Second Law-Commission-of India
B. First Law Commission of India
C. Third Law Commission of India
D. Lord Macaulay
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A instigates B to kill C. B refuses to do so. A is
A. Guilty of abetment
B. Not guilty of abetment
C. Guilty of abetment because it does not depend upon commission of the act
D. None of the above
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Punishment for voluntarily causing grievous hurt is provided in the Indian Penal Code under:
A. Section 319
B. Section 325
C. Section 323
D. Section 327
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Which of the following acts was amended by the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 2013?
A. None of these
B. The protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012
C. The information Technology Act, 2000
D. The immoral Trafficking (Prevention) Act, 1956
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Harbouring persons hired for an unlawful assembly is dealt under-
A. Section 157 of Indian Penal Code
B. Section 158 of Indian Penal Code
C. Section 159 of Indian Penal Code
D. Section 160 of Indian Penal Code
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Which of the following is not an illustration of assault?
A. A' takes up a stick saying to 'B', "I will beat you"
B. 'A' threatens 'B' to see him later on
C. A' medically examines a woman 'B' without her consent
D. A' throws brickbats into the house of 'B'
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The subject-matter of theft:
A. Can be movable property
B. Can be immovable property
C. Both A and B
D. Either A or B
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Which of the following Section of the Indian Penal Code has not been omitted?
A. Section 56
B. Section 57
C. Section 58
D. Section 59
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Personating a public servant is an offence
A. Under section 169 of Indian Penal Code
B. Under section 170 of Indian Penal Code
C. Under section 171 of Indian Penal Code
D. Under section 186 of Indian Penal Code
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Six persons assembled on the platform of Mumbai Railway Station and started fighting with each other. The passengers present at the Railway Station got annoyed and felt disturbed. The public reported the matter to the police.
These six persons are guilty of
A. Unlawful assembly
B. Rioting
C. Affray
D. Assault
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In which of the circumstances the defense of necessity involves a collusion of interest and the consequential judgement of values?
A. Stealing to avert hungers
B. Absolute necessity for self-preservation
C. Private homicide for keeping up the honour
D. Acts done against anarchy
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Five persons concert to loot a bank. Two of them, M and N, stay on in the car, with the engine running on, at the entrance of the bank. Three of them X, Y, and Z, enter the bank. X shoots the cashier, and Y and Z loot the cash. Police suddenly reaches the bank and apprehends, Y and Z but X escapes. On seeing the police enter the bank, M and N also run away in the car. Later on, all the five are arrested and charged with the offences of dacoity, looting and murder. M and N plead that they are not guilty of any of the offences, certainly not of murder and looting, as they did not participate in any of these offences. Should their plea prevail?
A. M and N are not liable for committing robbery and murder
B. M and N are at best liable for abetting robbery, but not of committing it
C. Since the looting of the bank was committed in furtherance of the common intention of all the five, M and N are equally liable for looting and murder along with X, Y and Z and thus their defence will not prevail
D. M and N has no complicity in any of the offences
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Under the provision of Section 229A Indian Penal Code, which court is competent for trial
A. Judicial Magistrate Second Class
B. Judicial Magistrate First Class
C. Court of Session
D. Any Magistrate
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In Dhananjoy Chatterjee v. State of West Bengal, the accused raped a young girl and murdered her. The punishment awarded by the Supreme Court of India to the accused was:
A. Death penalty
B. Life imprisonment
C. 10 years imprisonment which is the minimum sentence awarded for aggravated forms of rape
D. Life imprisonment and a community service order
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In which of the following cases some important principles regarding the defence of unsoundness of mind were propounded?
A. McNaughten Case
B. R. v. Prince
C. R. v. Dudley and Stephen
D. Reg v. Govinda
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Attempt to commit robbery or dacoity when armed with deadly weapons is dealt under
A. Section 398 of Indian Penal Code
B. Section 399 of Indian Penal Code
C. Section 400 of Indian Penal Code
D. Section 401 of Indian Penal Code
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Under section 46 of Indian Penal Code, death denotes
A. Death of a human being
B. Death of an animal
C. Death of a human being and of an animal both
D. Death of either human being or an animal
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Right of private defence is not available
A. To the aggressor
B. To the person who is attacked
C. To the aggressor against an act done in private defence by the person attacked
D. Only A and C are correct
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Operation of consent to all offences, short of causing death intentionally, has been extended under
A. Section 88 of Indian Penal Code
B. Section 90 of Indian Penal Code
C. Section 91 of Indian Penal Code
D. Section 87 of Indian Penal Code
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A falsely promises an orphan village girl aged 15 years good education and job prospects in the city. The girl accompanies A but in the city she neither gets education nor a good job. Can A be prosecuted for the offence of kidnapping from lawful guardianship under section 361
A. Yes
B. No, because she came along voluntarily
C. No, because the girl being orphan was not under the custody of lawful guardian
D. Yes, because the girl was a minor and was misled by A
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