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- A. Mens rea
- B. Actus reus
- C. Criminal motive
- D. Legal causation
Explanation: Actus reus means the external element of an offence, such as a prohibited act, omission, or result.
Correct answer: Actus reus- A. The prohibited physical act
- B. The required guilty mental state
- C. The injury suffered by the victim
- D. The procedure for bringing a charge
Explanation: Mens rea is the mental element required for a particular offence, such as intention, knowledge, recklessness, or negligence.
Correct answer: The required guilty mental state- A. Preparation always completes the offence
- B. Attempt requires an act beyond mere preparation
- C. Preparation requires proof of criminal intention
- D. Attempt is punishable only after the crime succeeds
Explanation: An attempt begins when a person performs an act sufficiently close to committing the offence, rather than merely arranging or planning it.
Correct answer: Attempt requires an act beyond mere preparation- A. Only personally committing the principal offence
- B. Instigating, conspiring, or intentionally aiding the offence
- C. Merely knowing that an offence may occur
- D. Reporting the offence after it has occurred
Explanation: Section 107 of the Pakistan Penal Code recognises abetment by instigation, conspiracy accompanied by an act or illegal omission, or…
Correct answer: Instigating, conspiring, or intentionally aiding the offence- A. Each participant is liable for an act done in furtherance of the common intention
- B. Only the person who causes the injury is liable for the offence
- C. A common intention is presumed whenever several people are present
- D. The section applies only when the participants are relatives
Explanation: Section 34 imposes joint liability when a criminal act is done by several persons in furtherance of their common intention.
Correct answer: Each participant is liable for an act done in furtherance of the common intention- A. A mistake of law always excuses criminal conduct
- B. A good-faith mistake of fact may provide a legal defence
- C. A mistake of fact is relevant only to civil liability
- D. The defence applies even when the mistake is made without due care
Explanation: The Pakistan Penal Code recognises certain good-faith mistakes of fact as general exceptions when the statutory conditions are met.
Correct answer: A good-faith mistake of fact may provide a legal defence- A. The identity of the investigating officer
- B. The nature of the act or that it is wrong or contrary to law
- C. The likely sentence imposed by the court
- D. The name of the person who made the complaint
Explanation: Section 84 concerns unsoundness of mind that makes the accused incapable of knowing the nature of the act or that it is wrong or contrary…
Correct answer: The nature of the act or that it is wrong or contrary to law- A. It permits unlimited harm against any suspected offender
- B. It permits no more harm than necessary for the defence
- C. It can be used only after the police arrive
- D. It applies only to protection of property, not the person
Explanation: The right of private defence is subject to statutory limits, including the rule that no more harm than necessary should be caused.
Correct answer: It permits no more harm than necessary for the defence- A. Substantive law defines offences, while procedural law governs their enforcement
- B. Substantive law concerns courts, while procedural law creates offences
- C. Substantive law deals only with evidence, while procedure fixes punishments
- D. Substantive law applies to civil cases, while procedure applies to criminal cases
Explanation: Substantive criminal law defines offences, elements of liability, defences, and punishments.
Correct answer: Substantive law defines offences, while procedural law governs their enforcement- A. Seven years
- B. Ten years
- C. Twelve years
- D. Fourteen years
Explanation: Section 82 provides that nothing is an offence when done by a child under ten years of age.
Correct answer: Ten years- A. A normal reaction by the victim
- B. An independent intervening act that is not reasonably foreseeable
- C. The accused's failure to confess
- D. A delay between the act and the result
Explanation: Criminal causation generally requires the accused's conduct to remain an effective cause of the result.
Correct answer: An independent intervening act that is not reasonably foreseeable- A. An agreement to commit an illegal act or a legal act by illegal means
- B. The actual completion of the planned offence
- C. The presence of at least five persons at the meeting
- D. The use of force against the intended victim
Explanation: Criminal conspiracy is based on an agreement to do an illegal act or to do a legal act through illegal means.
Correct answer: An agreement to commit an illegal act or a legal act by illegal means- A. The same punishment as for the completed offence in every case
- B. No punishment unless the intended offence is completed
- C. Up to one-half of the longest imprisonment term, or the prescribed fine, or both
- D. Only a warning issued by the trial court
Explanation: Section 511 provides a general rule for attempts where the Pakistan Penal Code has no separate attempt provision.
Correct answer: Up to one-half of the longest imprisonment term, or the prescribed fine, or both- A. Committed during a private dispute unrelated to the assembly
- B. Committed in prosecution of the assembly's common object or was known likely to occur
- C. Committed only after every member personally approves it
- D. Committed only by the leader of the assembly
Explanation: Section 149 creates constructive liability when an offence is committed in prosecution of the common object of the unlawful assembly, or…
Correct answer: Committed in prosecution of the assembly's common object or was known likely to occur- A. Results from ordinary drinking by the accused
- B. Is caused without the person's knowledge or against the person's will and destroys awareness of the act's nature
- C. Is claimed by the accused after conviction
- D. Makes the accused regret the offence afterward
Explanation: Section 85 recognizes the effect of intoxication when it is caused without the person's knowledge or against the person's will and leaves…
Correct answer: Is caused without the person's knowledge or against the person's will and destroys awareness of the act's nature- A. Causing a lesser harm in good faith to avoid a greater imminent harm, without criminal intent
- B. Taking revenge after the danger has completely ended
- C. Using force solely to obtain a personal financial benefit
- D. Breaking a rule because the accused does not know it exists
Explanation: Section 81 may protect an act done in good faith and without criminal intent to prevent or avoid harm to persons or property.
Correct answer: Causing a lesser harm in good faith to avoid a greater imminent harm, without criminal intent- A. Immovable and transferred through a registered deed
- B. Movable and dishonestly moved from another person's possession without consent
- C. Abandoned and taken openly in the owner's presence
- D. Owned by the accused but temporarily kept by another person
Explanation: Theft concerns dishonest moving of movable property out of another person's possession without consent.
Correct answer: Movable and dishonestly moved from another person's possession without consent- A. The property has a value above a fixed monetary amount
- B. The offender uses or threatens immediate violence, death, or wrongful restraint in connection with the taking
- C. The owner is absent from the place of taking
- D. The offender acts with a financial motive
Explanation: Robbery is an aggravated form of theft or extortion involving violence, threatened violence, death, or wrongful restraint in the…
Correct answer: The offender uses or threatens immediate violence, death, or wrongful restraint in connection with the taking- A. Imprisonment is always solitary confinement
- B. Imprisonment may be rigorous or simple, as provided by law
- C. Imprisonment is available only for offences against property
- D. Imprisonment and fine cannot be imposed in the same case
Explanation: Section 53 of the Pakistan Penal Code recognizes imprisonment for life and imprisonment, with imprisonment classified as rigorous or…
Correct answer: Imprisonment may be rigorous or simple, as provided by law- A. Every culpable homicide is murder without exception
- B. Murder is a form of culpable homicide, but some culpable homicides do not amount to murder
- C. Murder concerns property while culpable homicide concerns persons
- D. Culpable homicide applies only when there is no intention to cause death
Explanation: Murder is the more serious form of culpable homicide when the requirements of Section 300 are satisfied.
Correct answer: Murder is a form of culpable homicide, but some culpable homicides do not amount to murder