All Free Law and Constitution MCQs with Answers

• A. Any person
• B. Any Magistrate 2nd class
• C. Any Magistrate f 1st class
• D. None of above

Explanation: Under section 503, the Court of Session or High Court may issue a commission for recording evidence to a Magistrate of the first class…

• A. Re-arrested
• B. Acquitted
• C. None of above
• D. Released

Explanation: Section 499 requires the accused to execute a bond, with or without sureties, for attendance before the court; once that requirement is…

• A. Bail before arrest
• B. Bail after arrest
• C. Both (a) and (b)
• D. None of above

Explanation: Anticipatory bail is protection granted before the applicant is arrested, usually where arrest is apprehended.

• A. Dismissal of bail
• B. Court's reason recording of releasing a person on bail
• C. Cancellation of bail
• D. None of above

Explanation: Section 497(3) requires the court to record in writing its reasons when releasing an accused on bail under section 497(1) or (2).

• A. None of above
• B. To hide from friends
• C. To hide from family
• D. To hide from criminal proceedings

Explanation: To abscond means to hide or flee so as to avoid arrest or criminal proceedings.

• A. French
• B. Greece
• C. Latin
• D. None of above

Explanation: Bail is traced to the Old French term bailier, meaning to deliver or hand over. The Latin and Greek options are therefore incorrect.

• A. Accused
• B. Court
• C. Complainant
• D. None of above

Explanation: In a non-bailable offence, bail is not an automatic right and ordinarily depends on the judicial discretion of the court.

• A. None of the above
• B. Not arrested
• C. Arrested
• D. None of above

Explanation: Section 497 applies where an accused person has been arrested or detained without warrant in a non-bailable offence.

• A. Private persons
• B. Court
• C. Any other agency
• D. None of above

Explanation: Bail ordinarily involves releasing an arrested person from police custody into the custody of private sureties, who undertake to produce…

• A. Out obtaining any authority
• B. Written permission from any authority
• C. None of the above
• D. None of above

Explanation: Under section 492 Cr.P.C., an appointed Public Prosecutor or other prosecutor may appear and plead without obtaining separate written…

• A. Continue
• B. Fast
• C. Postpone
• D. None of above

Explanation: When a Magistrate finds that an accused is of unsound mind and incapable of making a defence, the further inquiry or trial must be…

• A. None of above
• B. High Court
• C. Both (a) and (b)
• D. Session Court

Explanation: Section 439-A confers revisional powers on the Court of Session, while section 439 deals with the High Court’s revisional jurisdiction.

• A. Court of Session
• B. High Court
• C. Supreme Court
• D. None of above

Explanation: Section 439 sets out the High Court’s powers of revision over criminal proceedings.

• A. None of the above
• B. 430
• C. 428
• D. None of above

Explanation: Section 428 Cr.P.C. authorizes an appellate court to take further evidence itself or direct a subordinate court to do so.

• A. Fact
• B. Law
• C. Both A and B
• D. None of above

Explanation: A criminal appeal may involve questions of fact, questions of law, or both, depending on the statutory right of appeal and the case.

• A. Twenty days
• B. Sixty days
• C. Forty days
• D. Thirty days

Explanation: Under section 417 Cr.P.C., an aggrieved person may appeal an acquittal by a court other than the High Court to the High Court within…

• A. 411, Cr.P.C
• B. 410, Cr.P.C
• C. 410 and 411, Cr.P.C
• D. None of above

Explanation: Section 410 provides an appeal from a sentence passed by a Sessions Judge or Additional Sessions Judge.

• A. Theft
• B. None of the above
• C. Decoity
• D. None of above

Explanation: Section 403(2), read with the rules on alternative charges, permits a later trial for a distinct offence that could have been charged on…

• A. Cr.P.C.
• B. Any other law
• C. None of above
• D. Both A and B

Explanation: Section 404 Cr.P.C. bars criminal appeals unless an appeal is provided by the Code or by another applicable law.

• A. Sentence of fine
• B. Sentence of whipping
• C. Sentence of death
• D. None of above

Explanation: Section 391, Cr.P.C. specifically provides for the execution of a sentence of whipping.